Sentence 1: The hall was the venue of the state funeral of federal Leader of the Official Opposition and NDP leader Jack Layton on August 27 , 2011 .
Sentence 2: The hall was the site of the state funeral of the official leader of the federal opposition and NDP leader Jack Layton on August 27 , 2011 .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?