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29: 411: 291:'s 100th property in the world, featuring 100,000 sq. ft of meeting and event space, including the largest hotel ballroom in Tampa Bay at approximately 30,000 sq. ft. In combination with its sister property, Tampa Marriott Waterside, the complex boasts over 40,000 sq. ft. of additional total event space, with both hotels connected by a glass sky bridge located on the third floor. 286:
With the Waterstreet revitalization, a third hotel was opened in 2022, JW Marriott Waterstreet Tampa, concluding the last corner on the Convention Center square. Designed by the same architects that created Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel, Nichols Architects, the hotel was
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The city's original development plan called for the Tampa Convention Center to be built concurrently with a large hotel. However, financial difficulties and problems with developers caused this portion of the plan to be delayed until 2000, when the 27-story
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The former location of the fort was used for various industrial and commercial purposes until the late 1980s, when it was cleared to make way for a new convention center to replace Tampa's aging
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capable of accommodating over 2,000 guests, and 36 meeting rooms that can be adjusted to various sizes. The facility hosts over 100 events per year.
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Hotel, the city's largest at the time, opened less than a block away on Garrison Channel. In 2006, more adjacent lodging was added when a 20-story
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hotel opened directly across Franklin Street from the convention center, connecting to the convention center via a
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established in 1824. The community of Tampa slowly grew around Fort Brooke through two
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The Tampa Convention Center is built on the historical site of
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This article about a building or structure in Florida is a
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It hosts the yearly Tampa Bay Comic Con, anime convention
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The Tampa Convention Center was the media center for the
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is across the eponymous bridge on the other side of the
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Tampa, Florida
Coordinates
27°56′30″N 82°27′24″W / 27.9417°N 82.4567°W / 27.9417; -82.4567
Dick Greco Plaza
Official website
convention center
downtown Tampa
Florida
Hillsborough River
Tampa Bay
Harbour Island
Garrison Channel
Channelside District
Ybor City
TECO Line Streetcar
exhibit hall
ballroom
Fort Brooke
Tampa Bay
wars with the Seminole Indians
American Civil War
United States Army
Curtis Hixon Hall
municipal bonds
Tampa Marriott Waterside
Embassy Suites
skybridge
JW Marriot
2012 Republican National Convention

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