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•pg_28-38__BMT_pg3-58 1/8/14 7:10 PM Page 29 certified Convention Center. As part of a $465 million onemillion-sq. ft. development project, the largest in downtown Cleveland's history, the 750,000-sq. ft. Convention Center is located 30 ft. un ground and features a 225,928-sq. ft. exhibit hall. The campus provides first class amenities and Class A exhibition space for meeting planners with 93,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and 35 breakout rooms. The campus also provides award-winning convention services to meeting planners by partnering with Positively Cleveland's (CVB) convention services team to assist meeting planners, at no cost, the world that displays the future of the health care industry through permanent medical showrooms serving health care innovation, education and commerce through state-of-the-art spaces, programs and virtual offerings. The fourth floor of the Global Center is dedicated to a HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Innovation Center*. The HIMSS Innovation Center will become a worldwide hub for health and health IT testing, demonstration, exhibitions and consumer products including the latest breakthroughs in mobile health devices and medicine technology. STATS Total Exhibit Space: 225,928 sq. ft. Largest Ballroom: 32,000 sq. ft. Number of Meeting Rooms: 35 Telephone: (216) 348-2211 Website: www.clevelandmedicalmart.com with all their meeting and convention needs. An underground concourse featuring eight meeting rooms connects the Convention Center to the newly re-named Global Center for Health Innovation (formerly known as the Medical Mart), which opened in October. The Global Center is the only facility in COBO CENTER Owned by the Detroit Regional Convention and Facility Authority and operated by SMG, the 2.4 million-sq. ft. complex, located on the bank of the Detroit River, is the centerpiece of downtown Detroit's Civic Center. Cobo Center offers convenience, comfort, service reliability and fine food. Overlooking the Detroit River and Detroit's international neighbor, Windsor Canada, the facility's elegant banquet rooms and over 80 meeting rooms totaling 178,446 sq. ft., as well as one of the largest contiguous exhibit floor spaces in North America, equip Cobo Center to accommodate capacities from 30 to 10,000. Brand New Cleveland Convention Center. Cleveland N Op ow en ! ClevelandMeetings.com Interior of the new Global Center for Health Innovation www.theglobalcenter.com B M & T ••• November/December 2013 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 29