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The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is a multipurpose venue so diverse, it would take several pages to describe its capabilities.  With over 220,000 square feet of exhibition space, a 19,000-seat arena, a 3,000 seat concert hall, 74 meeting rooms, 1,000 seat theater, 2 ballrooms, a high tech medical forum center, and 770 guest rooms, there is little this venue CAN’T handle!

Add to all of this ample covered parking and audio-visual facilities complete with distance learning capabilities, what more could  your convention/conference/retreat/trade show/meeting possibly need?

The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is easily accessible, too; it’s only ten minutes from the airport, and its downtown Birmingham location makes it easy to drive to, as well.  The venue is convenient to most of the city’s attractions, and all hotel reservations booked with Hotels Convention Center are guaranteed to be the lowest group rates in the market.

This is an outstanding venue.  Outstanding.  The Exhibition Hall can accommodate over a thousand booths, and electricity, water, telephones, internet, and compressed air are available at 30-foot intervals.  Your trade show will be perfection.

The acoustics in the theater and concert hall are so perfect that little voice magnification is necessary.

The venue adjoins the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, which can accommodate both small and large groups and offers many convenient services including a health club, indoor pool, and video rentals.

The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is located at 2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North in Birmingham, 35203.

Telephone:  205-458-8400

Got a small or medium-sized conference?  The Dallas Convention Center can accommodate you, and easily.

Got a huge conference?  The Dallas Convention Center can accommodate you, too, and just as easily.

After all, this is the venue chosen for Super Bowl XLV.

Whatever the size or type of conference/convention/meeting/retreat you are planning, the Dallas Convention Center is the perfect venue.  Almost daily, this venue is host to pretty much any and every kind of gathering you could imagine: shows, plays, music, sports, art, and culture beyond description.  No matter what kind of gathering you have in mind, the Dallas Convention Center can handle it.  This is one of the largest convention centers in the nation.

The Dallas Convention Center has over a million square feet of exhibit space, after all. This includes an arena that seats over nine thousand people, a theater that accommodates almost two thousand people, and nearly a hundred meeting rooms of various types and sizes.

Did I mention that this venue also has the largest column-free exhibit hall in the United States?

There is plenty of easily-accessible parking here, too.  Free parking for the show management team.

The Dallas Convention Center was the first convention center in the world to offer wireless internet services.  It has also been recognized as “The Best-Run Convention Center in America.”

This April, the Dallas Convention Center was awarded the LEEDS EB Silver Certification for its efforts to “be green.”   Interim Director Al Rojas said that The LEED Certification exemplifies our commitment to providing the highest quality space for our customers and employees.  We understand the importance of these efforts which not only lower costs but improve the environment for generations to come.

Contact information for the Dallas Convention Center can be found by clicking HERE.

Dallas Convention Center

650 South Griffin Street

Dallas, TX 75202

(214)939-2700

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I’ve mentioned before how beautiful the Pacific Northwest is, and now here’s yet another great convention center in the same general area!

Washington State Convention Center not only offers your convention, conference, meeting, retreat, trade show, etc. premier facilities and services; it also gives your attendees access to the city of Seattle itself!  Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Seattle, your attendees will have access to many things, including on-site parking, always important to conference-goers.

Whether your convention is large or small, the Washington State Convention Center is happy to accommodate it.  With 205,700 square feet of dedicated heavy-load exhibit space, which can be divided into six halls, your gathering will be well “set.”

Got a lot of heavy equipment to unload?  the Washington State Convention Center has 20 covered bays at two loading docks.

Need a large, open room?  WSCC has 45,000 square feet of carpeted ballroom space.

Need a lot of individual meeting or lecture rooms?  Seattle’s convention center has 57,000 squre feet of carpeted meeting space, which translates into as many as 61 versatile meeting rooms.

WSCC will also cater your convention if you wish.

Need high-speed WiFi for your conference?  Got it.  Video cameras?  Check.  Audio equipment?  Worry not.  Any kind of electronic equipment and services you could possibly need are available.

After hours, your attendees have many choices for evening activities.

Washington State Convention Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350

Phone: 206-694-5000
Fax: 206-694-5399
Email: info@wscc.com

The Pacific Northwest is a breathtakingly beautiful part of the United States.  In other words, it’s ideal conference locale!

Whether your convention, conference, retreat, trade show, etc. is large or small, the Oregon Convention Center can handle it, and handle it perfectly.  It is, after all, the largest convention center in this area of the country.

The Oregon Convention Center has two ballrooms, both large, and both ideal if you need a large single room for your conference, an actual ballroom for after-conference entertainment, or several small rooms right in the same area, for both ballrooms can be divided into several smaller rooms.

Do you need high speed internet service for your conference?  The Oregon Convention Center is the largest wireless hotspot in Oregon.

You can find a complete list of exhibitor guides HERE.

If sustainability is important to your attendees – as well it should be! – rest assured that the Oregon Convention Center is GREEN.  Silver rating, in fact!

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97232

ph. 1.800.791.2250 | In Portland: 503.235.7575

Need a hotel room, ATM, grocery store, bank, etc?  You can find all of those right here, all handy to the convention center. The Oregon Convention Center is handy to the airport, too, and has a shuttle for your convenience, as well.

Need some way to maneuver around town from the convention center?  Portland has a magnificent public transit system: the Light Rail.  There are also buses running regularly for your convenience.

All in all, you’ll never find a more beautiful spot to hold your conference, and the Oregon Convention Center is all you could ever ask or hope for in a venue.

The Los Angeles Convention Center is a prime location for your convention, conference, trade show, or retreat.  Just look at the schedule for March 2010!

The many exhibit halls are huge and many, as are the meeting spaces. Whether your group is large, small, or in between, the Los Angeles Convention Center is the ideal venue.

As far as overnight accommodations for your attendees and yourselves, The Los Angeles Convention Center is  close to many excellent hotels.

The convention center proves pretty much any kind of service your function might require or request, including internet connections, furniture, tables for trade shows, audio-visual equipment, etc.

From the Los Angeles Convention Center’s website, here is a list of contact information for you:

1201 South Figueroa Street | Los Angeles, CA 90015 |

Burlington, Vermont’s beautiful Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center is the perfect place for your trade show, conference, convention, meeting, reunion, wedding, or any kind of get-together, be it large or small.

The largest hotel and convention center in the state, the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center is right in the middle of downtown, and well within walking distance, or short driving distance, from pretty much anything an attendee would need or want to see.

If you fly in, the hotel has its own shuttle system, as well.

In the winter, you’ll find some of the finest skiing in the world right here at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center.  Remember when it snowed in the movie “White Christmas?”  That was Vermont!

As far as large meetings go:

Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center offers an impressive 30,000 square feet of flexible function space—including the 8,000-square-foot Emerald Grand Ballroom and the 12,500 square-foot Lake Champlain Exhibition Hall, for larger events and trade shows. Pre-function areas with expansive windows providing magnificent mountain views. Located primarily on two levels, the hotel’s flexible meeting space allows large groups to flow quickly from one venue to another so attendees can maximize their time.

For catered events, Executive Certified Master Chef Arnd Sievers’ fresh and unique creations rival the best in the world. Showcasing the finest in Vermont ingredients, and exhibiting the experience that has brought him international hotel awards, Master Chef Sievers and his culinary team create dishes that meet our clientele’s exceptional standards.

You don’t have to do it alone: our convention service managers will work closely with you to design your ideal event or conference. With on-site assistance on audiovisual and lighting issues, and Internet access in all meeting rooms, the possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

The Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center is located at 870 Williston Road, Burlington, Vermont 05403. Phone:  802-865-6600

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The Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center is a Starwood Hotel.