Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh
| Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh | |
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| Hotel chain | Westin Hotels |
| General information | |
| Address | 1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 |
| Coordinates | 40°26′39″N 79°59′42″W / 40.4442°N 79.9949°WCoordinates: 40°26′39″N 79°59′42″W / 40.4442°N 79.9949°W |
| Opening | 1986 |
| Management | Westin Hotels |
| Height | 324 feet (99 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 615 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
The Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh is a hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, with a prominent position in the area adjacent to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and the Cultural District. The hotel broke ground on December 6, 1984 and was originally known as the Vista International, construction "topped off" on September 26, 1985 and the hotel opened in 1986. In the 1980s it hosted the annual regional ad agency awards & banquet.
Several notable figures have chosen the hotel:
In 2016 as part of a partnership with Anthrocon, the hotel was given an anthropomorphic mascot named "Westie", a West Highland White Terrier.
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