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Banquet capacity: 5,000 guests Concourse: 56,000 square feet
Arcade: 60,000 square feet Trade-show booth capacity: 1,000 10' X 10' booths
Maximum number of meeting rooms: 31
South Hall exhibit space: 80,000 square feet
Parkside Hall function space: 30,000 square feet (column- free)
Hotel rooms city- wide: 8,500
Hotel rooms within walking distance of convention center: 2,100
seek adventures after dark. Those looking for a little pamper- ing can enjoy day or destination spas around the city. Just three miles west of downtown is chic Santana Row, a happening shopping, dining, and entertainment center. Delegatescombiningtheir tripwithafamily vacation also will find plenty to do, such as touring great historic sites and attrac-
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Team San Jose; Diana Ponton, Vice President, Sales and Marketing; phone: (408) 792-4109 or (800) SAN-JOSE; e-mail:
dponton@ sanjose.org; website: www. SanJose.org
tions, including History San Jose, St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica, andMissionSanta Clara deAsis.SanJose offers other favorites,among them the world-famous Winchester Mys- tery House, the renowned Tech Museum andChildren’s DiscoveryMuseum, thenew- ly renovatedHappyHollow Zoo, and near- by theme parks such as Great America and RagingWaters. Additionally, San Jose lies a stone’s
throw from Santa Cruz beaches and wine country, designated by Wine Spectator magazine as “the most underappreciated appellation in the world.” San Jose has plenty to keep delegates busy, and its cen- tral location yields easy access to the best
Bay Area attractions, too. What’smore, the city offers the bestweather inNorthern Cal-
ifornia, with lots of clear, sunny skies and comfortable tempera- tures year-round.
ON-TREND: Located just five minutes from the recently modernized Mineta San Jose International Airport, San Jose’s downtown is one of the nation’s safest and most walkable. San Jose’s trendy Santana Row (left) offers alfresco cafés, lively bars, and sophisticated shop- ping in a Mediterranean setting.
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