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Trade Show Executive 2009 Directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers Ohio to Oklahoma Exhibition Facility by Location Exhibit & Meeting Space Key Features Management Cleveland Cleveland Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 375,000 sf Centrally located near downtown James Glending, Commissioner, (216) 348-2683, 500 Lakeside Ave. East Meeting Space: 37,000 sf hotels, restaurants and attractions. jglending@city.cleveland.oh.us Cleveland, OH 44114 www.city.cleveland.oh.us 21 Breakout Rooms International Exposition Center (I-X Center) Prime Exhibit Space: 1,050,000 sf Located at Cleveland Hopkins Int’l. Robert Peterson, President, (216) 676-6000; One I-X Center Dr. Meeting Space: 150,000 sf Airport, 10 min. from downtown. John O’Brien, Director of Sales, (216) 265-2673, Cleveland, OH 44135 30 Breakout Rooms Complete in-house services; parking for jobrien@ixcenter.com; www.ixcenter.com 10,000; 3,500 hotel rooms within 5 min.; Eric German, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, additional 4,000 hotel rooms nearby. (216) 265-2617, egerman@ixcenter.com Columbus Greater Columbus Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 426,000 sf Ballroom space: 40,000 sf. Connected Managed by SMG. Craig Liston, SMG Regional 400 N. High St. Meeting Space: 99,410 sf to 4 hotels by covered walkway; General Manager, (614) 827-2500; Columbus, OH 43215 61 Breakout Rooms across from entertainment district; Sherry Chambers, CMP, Senior Director of Sales, (800) 626-0241, www.columbusconventions.com on-site food court and shops; exclusive schambers@columbusconventions.com caterer; abundant parking; close to airport. Franklin County Veterans Memorial Prime Exhibit Space: 110,000 sf Riverfront. Short walk to downtown; John Loree, General Manager, (614) 221-4341, 300 W. Broad St. 11 Breakout Rooms 3,916-seat auditorium. 5,000 sf johnl@fcvm.com Columbus, OH 43215 www.fcvm.com Dayton Dayton Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 77,000 sf 672-seat theater. Downtown location; Michael Cashman, Director of Sales, (937) 333-4784, ballroom. 22 E. Fifth St. 19 Breakout Rooms connected hotel via skywalk. High- Michael.Cashman@cityofdayton.org; Dayton, OH 45402 speed wireless Internet. In-house Leslie Barrow, Sales Manager, (937) 333-4714, www.daytonconventioncenter.com coffee shop. leslie.barrow@cityofdayton.org Hara Arena, Conference & Exhibition Center Prime Exhibit Space: 98,400 sf 4 exhibit halls, arena, conference Cory Rose, General Manager, (937) 278-4776 x213, 1001 Shiloh Springs Rd. Meeting Space: 10,000 sf center and on-site golf course. crose@haracomplex.com Dayton, OH 45415 www.haracomplex.com 20 acres on-site parking. Toledo SeaGate Convention Centre Prime Exhibit Space: 75,000 sf All exhibit space is column-free. Managed by SMG. 401 Jefferson Ave. Meeting Space: 13,000 sf Over 600 hotel rooms adjoining. Carol DuPuis, Director of Sales & Marketing, (419) 392-0937, Toledo, OH 43604 25 Breakout Rooms Downtown. Attached to new Lucas cdupuis@meettoledo.org www.toledo-seagate.com County Arena. Wilmington Roberts Centre Prime Exhibit Space: 70,000 sf Upscale property located in the Judy Clark, Director of Catering/Trade Shows, 123 Gano Rd. 6 Breakout Rooms center of three markets: (800) 654-7036, jclark@robertscentre.com Wilmington, OH 45177 www.robertscentre.com Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus. Oklahoma Oklahoma City Cox Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 100,000 sf 25,000 sf ballroom. 15,000-seat arena. Gary Desjardins, General Manager, (405) 602-8500, Meeting Space: 30,000 sf High-speed WiFi Internet service; state- gdesjardins@coxconventioncenter.com; 22 Breakout Rooms of-the-art AV and video conferencing. Tim Linville, Marketing Director, (405) 602-8500, Flex Space: 50,000 sf Underground building parking. tlinville@coxconventioncenter.com See our ad page 9 and floor plan page 96 Adjacent to entertainment district. 1 Myriad Gardens Oklahoma City, OK 73102 www.coxconventioncenter.com 44 Trade Show Executive Directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers www.TradeShowExecutive.com
2009 Directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers Trade Show Executive Oklahoma to Pennsylvania Exhibition Facility by Location Exhibit & Meeting Space Key Features Management Tulsa Expo Square Prime Exhibit Space: 400,000 sf Midtown location. Parking for 11,000. Mark Andrus, President & CEO, (918) 744-1113, P.O. Box 4735 Meeting Space: 2,000 sf Additional outdoor space available. mandrus@exposquare.com; Tulsa, OK 74159 2 Breakout Rooms Two new facilities: Central Park Hall, Paula Crain, Director of Events, (918) 744-1113 x2025, www.exposquare.com 43,000 sf exhibit space; Exchange paula@exposquare.com; Center, 58,500 sf exhibit space. Amanda Blair, Marketing & Media Relations Manager, (918) 744-1113 x2010, ablair@exposquare.com Tulsa Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 102,600 sf Renovation and new 30,000 sf Managed by SMG. Kathy Tinker, Director of 100 Civic Center 35 Breakout Rooms ballroom to be completed in 2010. Convention Sales & Marketing, (800) 678-7177, Tulsa, OK 74103-3822 Flex Space: 30,000 sf Walking distance to over 1,000 ktinker@smgtulsa.com www.smgtulsa.com hotel rooms. Oregon Portland Oregon Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 255,000 sf Awarded the LEED-EB Silver Jeff Blosser, Executive Director, (503) 235-7575, 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Meeting Space: 52,000 sf certification for its green practices. JeffBlosser@oregoncc.org; Portland, OR 97232 50 Breakout Rooms Situated on the banks of the Willamette Matt Pizzuti, Director of Sales, (503) 235-7577, www.oregoncc.org River in downtown Portland. MattPizzuti@oregoncc.org Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center Prime Exhibit Space: 333,000 sf Located between downtown Portland Christopher Bailey, Director, (503) 736-5200, 2060 N. Marine Dr. Meeting Space: 7,500 sf and Vancouver, WA. 60-acre campus; chrisbailey@expocenter.org; Portland, OR 97217 11 Breakout Rooms parking for 2,200. Near airport; Matthew Rotchford, Sales & Events Manager, www.expocenter.org access to light rail transportation. (503) 736-5200, mpr@expocenter.org Pennsylvania King of Prussia Valley Forge Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 108,000 sf High-speed and wireless Internet Larry Noccolino, Convention Center General Manager, 1160 First Ave. Meeting Space: 45,500 sf access; easy freeway access; over (610) 768-3232, noccolinol@gfhotels.com; King of Prussia, PA 19406 50 Breakout Rooms 2,500 free parking spaces; close to Candice Ellesin, VP of Sales & Marketing, www.vfconventioncenter.com many area attractions, shopping (610) 768-3246, ellesinc@gfhotels.com and restaurants Lancaster Lancaster County Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 50,000 sf Completion expected in June 2009. Kevin R. Molloy, Executive Director, Lancaster 8 N. Queen St., Ste. 1102 Meeting Space: 9,954 sf County Convention Center Authority, Lancaster, PA 17603 www.lccca.com (717) 399-7630, krmolloy@lccca.com Philadelphia Pennsylvania Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 440,000 sf 213,000 sf meeting space and 92,000 sf Stephanie Boyd, VP Sales, Marketing & Customer Relations, 1101 Arch St. Meeting Space: 90,000 sf ballroom. Downtown; walk to hotels, (215) 418-4759, sboyd@paconvention.com Philadelphia, PA 19107 50 Breakout Rooms attractions; high-speed, wireless Internet; www.paconvention.com Expansion of 700,000 sf of exhibit space free WiFi in public concourses. to open in late 2011. Greater Philadelphia Expo at Oaks Prime Exhibit Space: 220,000 sf Opened January 2009. Bill Marchese, General Manager, (267) 718-8013, 100 Station Ave. bmarchese@phillyexpocenter.com; Oaks, PA 19456 Chris Welch, General Manager, (267) 718-8017, www.phillyexpocenter.com cwelch@phillyexpocenter.com Pittsburgh David L. Lawrence Convention Center Prime Exhibit Space: 330,000 sf 31,000 sf ballroom. First convention Mark Leahy, General Manager, (412) 565-6000; 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd. 53 Breakout Rooms center certified by the U.S. Green Debbie Smucker, Director of Sales & Marketing, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Building Council, Gold Level. (412) 565-6000, dsmucker@pittsburghcc.com www.pittsburghcc.com www.TradeShowExecutive.com Directory of the World’s Top Convention Centers Trade Show Executive 45
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