Located in the downtown area, The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts - a community arts and cultural resource for Berks County and the largest interactive arts center of its kind in the nation - can accommodate small groups in meeting rooms bathed in natural light, or groups of up to 275 within several large, loft-like studios. Plans call for a new full service Italian restaurant named Panevino’s to open this spring on the ground floor of the parking garage adjacent to the The GoggleWorks. A six-story, 59-unit luxury GoggleWorks Apartment Complex also is under construction. This $16.7 million project is slated to open in summer 2012.
Standing as a replica of a 13th century Old English Castle, Stokesay Castle has been a Reading landmark for over 80 years and offers an elegant setting for meetings up to 600. New ownership invested more than $3 million for a top- to-bottom restoration of its banquet hall
and restaurant. Groundbreaking for a planned 75-room hotel on this 10-acre property is scheduled for the fall, as well.
Sovereign Center, in the heart of down- town Reading, is ideal for large events and trade shows. With 18,700 square feet of floor space, the facility has seating for 9,000 or more. Across Penn Street from the Sovereign Center, an estimated $12 million parking garage with over 900 spaces is underway while construction on an attached eight-story, 217-room convention center hotel is pending. Less than three blocks away, The Sovereign Performing Arts Center is a beautifully restored theater and features three ball- rooms plus grand lobby space for galas, dinner events and conferences.
“Take a Ride” to the 1.8-mile long Penn Corridor, which stretches from Penn Street in Reading through West Reading and into Wyomissing. This area continues
to thrive as the local emerging district for arts, culture, dining, entertainment and shopping. Highlights include the Reading Public Museum, an IMAX experience, GoggleWorks and the Sovereign Center.
Places to Meet
Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center, a 330-acre moun- tainside resort in nearby Macungie, is an ideal setting for corporate meetings and retreats. Independently owned and oper- ated, the facility provides a high level of service and personal attention, and fea- tures over 26,000 square feet of meeting space, complimentary high speed and wireless Internet access, state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, plus panoramic mountain views.
Bear Creek's rustic stone and wood décor helps to create a relaxing and com- fortable atmosphere for meetings, while
Get all jazzed up about your
next meeting! Take a ride and experience the charm of a vibrant downtown, great
restaurants, outlet shopping, live jazz, arts centers, museums — and more.
We’re three hours or less from just about anywhere in the mid-Atlantic region. And 30% less than major
market pricing! So whether it’s 50 people at a meeting, or 10,000 at our Expo
Center, we’re ready for you. a
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