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Įventually the Lindsay administration included a new convention center between 10th and 11th avenues in the west 40s along with an extensive redevelopment of the West Side in their 1969–70 Plan for New York City. Several other sites were subsequently studied, including the New York Central rail yard between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues (now known as the Eastern Rail Yard site at Hudson Yards) and the west 50s between Eighth and Ninth avenues. A new convention center over the river between 38th and 42nd Streets was included in the City's 1962 plan for the West Side waterfront. Proposals for a convention center to replace the New York Coliseum on Columbus Circle date to 1962, only six years after the Coliseum was completed. Planning and constructing a convention center on Manhattan's west side has had a long and controversial history. As of this expansion, the Javits Center has a total interior area of 3.3 million square feet (310,000 m 2). This included 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) of contiguous event space, which will help the facility attract international business conferences. The Javits Center added 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) following a major expansion project which was completed in May 2021. 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2) of surface parking for 140 cars.

1.1-acre (0.45 ha) public plaza with water walls and pedestrian link under 11th Avenue.

100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) Special Events Hall (seating capacity 3,800), 102 meeting rooms.

In November 2016, it was the location of Hillary Clinton's 2016 United States presidential election watching venue. Javits Center has hosted annual events such as the New York International Auto Show the New York Comic Con, and Anime NYC. In 2017, NYCCOC had operating expenses of $194 million and employed 3,786 people.

There is a 16-member board that provides guidance. NYCCOC's management team is headed by President and CEO Alan Steel. The New York Convention Center Operating Corporation (NYCCOC) - not to be confused with the New York Convention Center Development Corporation ("CCDC"), which is a subsidiary of New York State Urban Development Corporation, dba Empire State Development ("ESD") - operates the Javits Center. Plans have also been made for the Javits Center to have panels providing solar power. It has undergone expansions throughout its history, with the most recent expansion being completed in 2021 and adding 1.2 million square feet to the building. It is billed as one of the busiest convention centers in the United States. As of 2021, the Javits Center has a total interior area of 3.3 million square feet (310,000 m 2). The Javits Center is operated and maintained by the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation, a New York State public-benefit corporation. When the Javits Center opened, it replaced the New York Coliseum at Columbus Circle as the city's major convention facility the Coliseum was subsequently demolished and replaced by Time Warner Center. The space frame structure was constructed from 1980 to 1986 and was named to honor Jacob Javits, the United States Senator for New York. It was designed by architect James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. New York City Subway: at 34th Street-Hudson Yards New York Convention and Exhibition Center