The Indiana Convention Center is a major convention center located in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It presently contains over 1,300,000 square feet of space for convention/meeting uses including over 566,000 square feet of open exhibit space and almost 140,000 square feet of group meeting space. The original structure was completed in 1972 and initially covered two blocks on a site located south of Maryland Street and west of Capitol Avenue. It now stretches over the majority of six blocks.