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Shedd Aquarium

McCormick Place

2301 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60616

Conference Centers

The largest indoor convention exhibit area in the country is 2.2 million square feet, with 8 levels of exhibit halls, restaurants, meeting rooms and audiovisual theaters that provide all the necessary amenities for a successful trade show or convention. McCormick Place is designed by Gene Summers, who worked for Mies van der Rohe.

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