Business Review USA recently named the top ten convention facilities in the U.S. How many have you visited. We bet well-traveled For Distributors Only readers check off most or all of them.

10. San Diego Convention Center

San Diego’s convention center is conveniently located near the City’s vibrant Gaslamp District and its sunny shore. Its design sets it apart from the standard conference arena—the 90,000-square-foot Sails Pavilion is marked by distinctive fiberglass “sails” that pay homage to the City’s maritime history. The annual Comic Con International convention has called San Diego home since 1991 and recently announced that it will continue the partnership through 2015.

9. Anaheim Convention Center

Recent renovations have made the Anaheim Convention Center one of the country’s most state-of-the-art facilities. In the past, it has been the site of the Winter NAMM Show, the Anime Expo, BlizzCon and the Medical Design and Manufacturing Show, but it’s also home to the Anaheim Bolts Soccer League. Last year, Microsoft held its Build Windows conference here and detailed Windows 8.

8. Moscone Center, San Francisco

Spanning three main halls, including a three-level exhibition hall and two underground halls beneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone Center is San Francisco’s largest convention space and the host of Oracle OpenWorld, Macworld and the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Ironically, the center is named for slain San Francisco former mayor George Moscone, who actually opposed development of the area in which it was built.

7. Phoenix Convention Center

Downtown Phoenix’s convention center is a true multi-functional space. It hosts everything from national and regional conventions to consumer events and theatrical productions and has attracted increasing amounts of tourism and financial support to the City since it opened in 1972. A recent expansion tripled the center’s size and further enhanced its regional aesthetics.

6. Georgia World Congress Center

Each year, more than a million people visit the GWCC and are able to make the most of its comforting on-site amenities, as it offers a FedEx Kinko’s office, Starbucks cafes, a gift shop, Wi-Fi, full IT management, a concierge desk, a food court and a full restaurant. The GWCC also hosted several events during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

5. Dallas Convention Center

The Dallas Convention Center has a solid place in music history. In 1976 it was the site of one of Elvis Presley’s most legendary live shows and in 1978, Queen performed here and later filmed the music video for “Fat Bottomed Girls” on site. But it’s also known for being the home to the country’s largest column-free exhibit hall and the world’s largest heliport/vertiport.

4. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC

It’s no surprise that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, named after the City’s first home rule mayor, has held a variety of inaugural balls and government summits. But it has also hosted the world’s largest sit down dinner and received several distinctions for its sophisticated, earth-friendly design.

3. Las Vegas Convention Center

The LVCC is one of the world’s largest convention centers and has hosted some of the world’s most massive stars, including the Beatles, Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson as well as some of the world’s most attended trade shows, including COMDEX and the International Consumer Electronics Show. An upcoming $890 million expansion will further cement the LVCC among the country’s best places to convene.

2. McCormick Place, Chicago

Chicago’s McCormick place has the distinction of being the largest convention center in the U.S. Its four interconnected buildings located on and near the shores of Lake Michigan are all noteworthy, but special accolades must be given to the West Building, which has 250,000 square feet of meeting space, including 61 meeting rooms and a 100,000-square-foot, football field-sized ballroom.

1. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando

Central Florida’s OCCC is a massive center, offering 2,100,000 square feet of exhibit space in its 7,000,000 square-foot complex. But it’s not just size that brought OCCC to the top of our list. The OCCC provides Central Florida with a remarkable amount of economic benefits at no cost to the county’s citizens and it is estimated that activity in the center yields an annual tax savings of $87.50 per Orange County household. This self-proclaimed “Center of Hospitality” offers amenities to please (including massage services, three full-service restaurants, eight food courts and remote airline check-in) and was the staging area for relief operations for Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne.