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| | Baltimore Convention Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The facility was constructed in two separate phases: the original Center, with 1.5 million square feet of exhibition and meeting space, opened in August of 1979 at a cost of $1.b A $7 b expansion, which increased the Center's total size to 8.0 million square feet, was completed in April, 1997. |
 | | As was the case with Harborplace, which opened in 1980, the Maryland Science Center, which opened in 1976, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore, which opened in 1981, the Convention Center was intended to be a catalyst for tourism, an important part of the City's post-manufacturing economic development plans. |
 | | In general, supporters of a convention hotel say that for the Convention Center to be viable in the future, and compete with other cities for conventions, a new, "Headquarters" hotel is necessary to guarantee enough rooms for group meetings. |
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