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History

It opened in 2005 as the Rock Financial Showplace,Former Rock Financial Showplace in Novi renamed Suburban Collection Showplace

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. '' Crain's Detroit Business''. December 16, 2010. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. The original naming deal was with

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. CBS Detroit. December 16, 2010. Retrieved on January 3, 2016. Quicken later expressed more interest in using its current name, which was nationally known, instead of "Rock Financial," which was only known around Metro Detroit. Bowman instead terminated the original naming deal. The center was renamed in 2010 after an automobile dealership group headquartered in

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. Currently the center has of exhibition and convention space. The center originally had of space, making it the third-largest convention center in Southeast Michigan and METRO Detroit. To accommodate the state fair's anticipated growth, Bowman made several land purchases since 2012, totaling of space, including a plot of land across Grand River Avenue and a lot to the west.

The Diamond Banquet and Conference Center is on the property.

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Detroit/Novi, the convention center's hotel, is also owned by Bowman. The six story hotel is in the eastern side of the property and is connected to the rest of the complex through a extension of the banquet and conference center. The hotel officially opened in 2013.

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Articles about the Rock Financial Showplace
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