CONVENTION Center News

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS of construction, the newly expanded Oregon Convention Center in Portland opened in April. The facility has doubled in size, making it the largest in the Pacific Northwest, with 255,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, two ballrooms, and 50 meeting rooms on an 18-acre campus in the heart of Portland. The expansion was built with environmental concerns foremost in mind. Eighty-five percent of construction waste was recycled, and more than a quarter of all