page_title: TCF Center
section_title: Notable events
hierarchical_section_title: TCF Center / Notable events
caption_attribution_description: A scene from public display days of the 2018 North American International Auto Show held in Cobo Center in downtown Detroit, Michigan. January, 2018
context_page_description: TCF Center, formerly known as Cobo Hall and Cobo Center, is a convention center in downtown Detroit, Michigan, owned by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority. Located at 1 Washington Boulevard, the facility was originally named after former Mayor of Detroit, Albert Cobo.
  The largest annual event held at TCF Center is the North American International Auto Show, which has been held at the center since 1965.
context_section_description: Since 1965, the largest event held at TCF Center is the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). This event draws thousands of international press and suppliers during its initial five days and has a charity preview party for 11,000 guests before the public opening. Since 1976, the Charity Preview has raised an average of $2.4 million yearly for southeastern Michigan children's charities. After the Charity Preview party, the NAIAS is open to the public for ten days, drawing, on average, 735,000 attendees. The show was originally held in January, but was to move to June beginning in 2020.
  On March 29, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 NAIAS had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conversion of TCF Center to a field hospital by FEMA workers.
  In 1961, the show car event Detroit Autorama moved to the facility, and has been held there ever since.
caption: Ford Motor Company exhibit at the 2019 North American International Auto Show.
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