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Ottawa Convention Centre opening gala

Silhouette of the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel)

Silhouette of the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 1 width:500px;height:299px Kids singing to "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 2 width:500px;height:342px A brass band performs at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 3 width:500px;height:320px Left to right: Catherine Bélanger, wife of Mauril Bélanger, M. P. Ottawa-Vanier; David Luxton, Chairman, Allen Vanguard Corporation, Michelle Bégin. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 4 width:500px;height:376px Former mayor of Ottawa Larry O'Brien. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 5 width:500px;height:406px
The crowd at the opening gala. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 6 width:500px;height:279px Diane Holmes, City Councillor Somerset Ward Ottawa; Mary Pitt, former mayor of Nepean. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 7 width:500px;height:427px Katherine Hobbs, Coun. of Kitchissippi Ward. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 8 width:500px;height:316px Silhouette at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 9 width:500px;height:309px Halina and Robert Player, Player Expositions Inc. and founders of the Wine and Food Show; Linda Dicaire, NCC Senior Landscape Architect. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 10 width:500px;height:343px
Darlene and David Smith, the owners of Nate's Deli: The Family Kitchen, a new restaurant that will open shortly. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 11 width:500px;height:340px Ritchard and Sheefra Brisbin, Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects. The firm was the architect of the convention centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 12 width:500px;height:380px From left to right: Claude J. Sauvé, general manager Fairmont Chateau Laurier; Kenneth J. Loeb, Loeb Packaging Ltd.; Deborah Sauvé 13 width:500px;height:360px The North West Mounted Police Dixieland Band. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 14 width:500px;height:243px The North West Mounted Police Dixieland Band. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 15 width:500px;height:432px
David Chernushenko, Coun. of Capital Ward; Marie-Odile Junker. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 16 width:500px;height:376px Left to right: Bob Chiarelli, MPP - Ottawa West-Nepean; Paul D. Akehurst, President, Intertask Conferences Limited and the former chair of Ottawa Tourism. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 17 width:500px;height:441px Left to right: Patrick Kelly, President, Ottawa Convention Centre; Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 18 width:500px;height:378px Pat Kelly, Ottawa Convention Centre president. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 19 width:500px;height:376px Carla Chiarelli, (left) daughter of Rick Chiarelli, (right) Coun. of College Ward. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 20 width:500px;height:447px
A sign marks the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 21 width:500px;height:462px Thibaut Philippe, a bike acrobat, performing at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 22 width:500px;height:406px Cyril Leeder, president of Senators Sports and Entertainment, and Ottawa Convention Centre board member, with his wife, Lydia. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 23 width:500px;height:440px Jim Durrell, chair of the board of the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 24 width:500px;height:401px A singer at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 25 width:500px;height:297px
Sam and Jim Durrell, chair of the board of the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 26 width:500px;height:372px Paul G. Douglas, president and chief executive officer of PCL Constructors Inc. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 27 width:500px;height:389px Confetti. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 28 width:500px;height:372px Acrobats at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 29 height:500px;width:417px A dancer at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 30 width:500px;height:393px
The Ottawa Convention Centre lit up during the gala. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 31 width:500px;height:285px Fireworks at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 32 width:500px;height:333px Fireworks at the Ottawa Convention Centre. (Photo by Lois Siegel) 33 width:500px;height:357px
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Published on April 14, 2011

After more than two years of construction, Ottawa Convention Centre officials celebrated its completion April 13 with a gala that attracted the best of Ottawa's business community.

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