"More than a million and one-half persons are expected to visit the St. Louis Gateway Convention and Exhibition Center during its first fiscal year, beginning in June, 1977. The new facility features three exhibition halls of 80,000 square feet each, which can be combined into one hall; a post office; 52 meeting rooms for groups from 15 to 2,500; and facilities to feed more than 5,000 at a
"Convention Center site on North side of downtown. Work progressing rapidly this spring. New Mercantile Center (35 stories) appears almost as high as Gateway Arch (630 feet)"
