[4] In 2021 the convention center will host the Legion Sports Fest, the largest fitness and bodybuilding event in the West.

As the Centennial Coliseum, the venue hosted musical performances by Elvis Presley in 1976,[6] The Beach Boys in 1964, Glen Campbell in 1965, Def Leppard in 1980, and The Grateful Dead in 1982.

[7] The main exhibit space is 381,000 square feet (35,400 m2), which can be divided into five halls.

A total of 53 meeting rooms, of capacities ranging from fifty to over three thousand, are available within the complex.

In 2007, a skybridge was built from the adjacent Atlantis Casino Resort Spa to the convention center.