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PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER PARTNERS
The Pennsylvania Convention Center SMG is a worldwide entertainment
Authority is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and convention venue management
agency. Its 15-member Board of Directors and firm based in West Conshohocken,
senior management personnel are charged PA. The company brings its national
with oversight and proper management of and international best practices to
the facility. By attracting more than one Philadelphia, focusing on giving
million attendees each year, the Center customers customized assistance
serves as the economic engine of the region’s from the conception to the
hospitality industry. The multi-use public conclusion of their meetings.
facility opened in 1993 and received a $786
million expansion in 2011. It is designed
to accommodate conventions, exhibitions,
conferences, and other events.
The Philadelphia Convention & IBEW LOCAL 98
Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) is a IRON WORKERS LOCAL 405
private, non-profit membership
corporation. It is the official Tourism LABORERS LOCAL 332
Promotion Agency for the city STAGEHANDS LOCAL 8 (IATSE)
of Philadelphia globally and the
primary sales and marketing agency Our show floor trade partners meet
for the Center. PHLCVB fuels the the labor needs of our customers and
Greater Philadelphia economy by their exhibitors on the show floor. In
bringing meetings, conventions, and 2014, the four unions demonstrated
travelers to the city. their commitment to improving the
competitiveness of the building by
6 agreeing to modernized work rules and
expanded exhibitor rights in the new
Customer Satisfaction Agreement.
