Room to spare Phoenix Convention Center’s 45,600-square- foot ballroom, in the North Building, is Arizona’s largest ballroom. In the West Building is a second, 45,000-square-foot ballroom, and in the South Building is a third, 28,000-square-foot ballroom.
LEED Silver certification, Arizona’s largest ballroom, and a $3.2-million public art pro- gram — Phoenix Convention Center & Venues (PCC&V) is one of the country’s top 10 con- vention facilities for a number of unique rea- sons, and there’s no better time to experience them all than the present. The centerpiece of the complex — Phoenix Convention Center — now offers close to 1 million total square feet of meeting and exhibit space after comple- tion of a $600-million renovation in 2009. But PCC&V is unique in that planners have a one-stop shop at their disposal for also book- ing the 21,000-square-foot Executive Confer- ence Center, the 2,312-seat Symphony Hall,
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and the 1,364-seat Orpheum Theatre — all of which are adjacent to or inside the con- vention center. Combine that flexibility with 3,000 hotel rooms within walking distance of PCC&V, the convenience of the METRO Light Rail, and Phoenix’s more than 310 days of sun- shine, and planners have the total meeting destination package. Phoenix Convention Center’s 26-acre
campus encompasses three buildings, each with its own unique character that draws from Arizona’s colorful heritage and landscape. In the West Building, a bright, 90-foot atrium lobby has been designed to reflect the colors and vastness of the nearby Grand Canyon.
The West Building also houses the Executive Conference Center, which has been built to the highest of industry standards and offers 21,000 square feet of meeting space, includ- ing a 192-seat lecture hall with fitted data ports, power outlets, and assisted-listening devices that can provide real-time interpreta- tion for up to four languages. Symphony Hall, an elegant, 2,312-seat concert hall that hosts the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Ballet, and Arizona Opera, can also be easily accessed through the West Building’s main lobby. With direct connectivity on three separate
levels, the West and North Buildings func- tion as one facility that includes two exhi-