Atlantic City Convention Center
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The Atlantic City Convention Center is a large convention center located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Opened on May 1, 1997, the center includes Template:Convert of showroom space, 5 exhibit halls, 45 meeting rooms with Template:Convert of space, a garage with 1,400 parking spaces, and an adjacent Sheraton hotel.
History
The Center was developed as a part of the city's gateway redevelopment project, which also included Tanger Outlets The Walk and the Grand Boulevard. The building opened with a connected Sheraton hotel.
The building was constructed in its original design by Philadelphia green city planning firm WRT (Wallace, Roberts and Todd)<ref>http://www.wrtdesign.com/projects/detail/atlantic-city-convention-center-and-rail-terminal/139Template:Dead link</ref> by its senior architect at the time, the principal, and partner, Gilbert Rosenthal, AIA, to reflect its location, featuring wave-inspired carpets and a Rock Bar themed to the beach. The main lobby is contained within an atrium lit by 90 ft. high skylights.
Between the convention center and the Sheraton Hotel is a landscaped garden with an interactive bronze statue of Bert Parks holding a crown. When a visitor puts their head inside the crown and taps it, sensors activate a recorded playback of Parks singing "There She Is..." through speakers hidden behind nearby bushes.<ref>PeopleVision FX Selected Projects Template:Webarchive, accessed December 4, 2006</ref>
Other facilities
The Center is connected to the Atlantic City Rail Terminal, containing New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line to Philadelphia.