George R. Brown Convention Center

The George R. Brown Convention Center sits on the east side of Downtown Houston adjacent to Discovery Green. Opened on September 26, 1987, the convention center was named for the prominent Houstonian George R. Brown, an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist. To build the convention center, Brown’s Texas Eastern Corporation donated six of the 11 blocks on which it sits. The $104.9-million red-white-and-blue facility was built in 30 months by more than 1,200 workers. This building replaced the obsolete Albert Thomas Convention Center, which was later redeveloped into the Bayou Place entertainment complex in the Houston Theater District.

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