The
Georgia World Congress Center (
GWCC) is a
convention center in
Atlanta,
Georgia, USA. Enclosing some 3.9 million ft
2 (360,000 m
2) in exhibition space and hosting more than a million visitors each year, the GWCC is the third-largest convention center in the
United States. Opened in 1976, the GWCC was the first state-owned convention center established in the United States. The center is operated on behalf of the state by the
Georgia World Congress Center Authority, which was chartered in 1971 by
Georgia General Assembly to develop an international trade and exhibition center in Atlanta. The authority later developed
Centennial Olympic Park and the
Georgia Dome.