Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Walter E. Washington Convention Center
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center at Mount Vernon Square
Address	801 Mt. Vernon Place NW
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°54′18″N 77°01′23″W / 38.9051°N 77.023°W / 38.9051; -77.023
Opened	2003
Enclosed space
• Total space	2,300,000 sq ft (210,000 m2)
• Exhibit hall floor	703,000 sq ft (65,300 m2)
• Breakout/meeting	77 rooms
Parking	Pay parking nearby
Public transit access	Mount Vernon Square station
Website	www.dcconvention.com

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2,300,000-square-foot (210,000 m²) convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC. Designed in a joint venture by the Atlanta-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Washington, DC- based architects Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners PC and Mariani and Assocites, the convention center is located in a superblock bounded by Mount Vernon Square and 7th, 9th and N streets, N.W. It is served by the Mount Vernon Square station on the Yellow and Green lines of the Washington Metro. It was completed in 2003.

Six of the nine official inaugural balls for the 2005 second inauguration of George W. Bush were held at the convention center.

In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule mayor, the late Walter E. Washington. In 2008, the WCSA Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²).