Cobo Convention Center

The Cobo Convention Center in Detroit is a conference center along Jefferson and Washington Avenues in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was named after Albert Cobo, the mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957.

Designed by Gino Rossetti, the center opened in 1960. After an expansion in 1989, it now has a total area of 2.4 million square feet with 723,000 square feet of exhibition space. Preliminary construction to update and expand the exhibition space at the center began on October 1, 2009, overseen by the facility's current owners, the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA). The Cobo Center has several large attached parking garages and is directly accessible from the Lodge Freeway, which runs along the Detroit International Riverfront.