Santa Clara Convention Center

The Santa Clara Convention Center is located in northern Santa Clara, California. It serves as one of the large meeting and convention facilities in Silicon Valley, with 262,000 square feet (24,300 m²) of meeting space. It was built in 1986 and expanded in 2009.

Santa Clara Convention Center
South entrance on Tasman Drive.
Address	5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Location	Santa Clara, California
Coordinates	37°24′17″N 121°58′31″W
Owner	City of Santa Clara
Operator	Spectra
Built	1986
Expanded	2009
Enclosed space
• Total space	302,000 sq ft (28,100 m2)
• Exhibit hall floor	100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2)
• Breakout/meeting	262,000 sq ft (24,300 m2)
• Ballroom	22,400 sq ft (2,080 m2)
Public transit access	VTA light rail Green Line Orange Line at Great America station Amtrak at Santa Clara–Great America

The convention center is located in the same complex as the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and the Santa Clara TechMart conference center. It is adjacent to the VTA Great America light rail station and across the street from the Great America theme park.

History

The convention center was completed in 1986 and hosted the first Apple Worldwide Developers Conference the following year. The ballroom space was expanded in 2009.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Strategic National Stockpile Division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services converted the convention center into a Federal Medical Station to receive up to 250 noncritical patients from local hospitals.^[1]

Events

The current annual event schedule includes:

• Printed Circuit Board Design Conference (1994–present)
• Silicon Valley Auto Show (2023–present)^[2]

The convention center has hosted the following notable events:

• Worldwide Developers Conference (1987)
• North American Bengali Conference (1999, 2017)
• ARM DevSummit (2004–2017)
• BayCon with the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (2008–2015)
• Japan Expo USA (2013)
• Super Bowl 50 side events (2015)
• GaymerX (2016)
• Crunchyroll Expo (2017)
• Federal Medical Station in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
• 2024 Pan American Wushu Championships

See also

• San Jose Convention Center
• List of convention centers in the United States