The History of Indianapolis as the Convention City

GenCon, the largest convention hosted by Indianapolis, recently ended its 2026 run. Indianapolis has a long history of hosting conventions as a "convention city" well before GenCon arrived on the scene. This episode of Yesterday's Indianapolis looks at this convention history, and how the city worked to attract new conventions with the construction of a dedicated convention center in the city.Convention Center Grand Opening Flyer: Institute for civic leadership and digital mayoral archivesWant to help offset the hosting costs for the blog and podcast? Leave a donation here: https://ko-fi.com/class900indyhistory.Also, Venmo can be accessed here: https://venmo.com/u/ejfujawa

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