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Originally Posted by dustygoon
I know what you are saying and mostly agree. More larger conventions would be huge benefit to Calgary. But at only 15,000 hotel rooms in the city and many of those not centralized, the accommodations are a limiting factor for "the largest". Westin has 500 rooms. Ryman hotel properties (largest non-gaming) are around 2,000 per hotel. The 40th largest convention in Vegas was 10,000 people.
What is the Telus convention center? Does it have rooms?
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Well we have some empty office towers they could use...