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CALL FOR CENTRAL CONVENTION HALL

EVENING STANDARD WEST END FINAL 1 – 20TH OCTOBER 2005

A huge convention centre costing up to £300 million should be built in the centre of London, a major report said today.

A commission set up Mayor Ken Livingstone rejected outlying sites such as Docklands or Stratford as less attractive to high-spending convention delegates from abroad, and said a 5,000 capacity centre could boost the economy by £400 million a year. Westminster’s QE2 centre, which holds fewer than 1,000 people in its biggest room, is London’s largest.