Clinton Square is a popular location for visitors and locals alike in downtown Syracuse, NY
Photo courtesy: Visit Syracuse
Other features include an energy-sav- ing key card system that powers-down guest rooms when they’re unoccupied.
In a nod to the Treehouse Patient Activity Space at the neighboring Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital, Hotel Skyler also features two, loft-style Treehouse suites. Part of the revenue generated by these suites will be donated to the hospital.
Another new hotel (easily accessible via the New York State Thruway), Staybridge Suites Syracuse-Liverpool opened in April 2011. The hotel, which consists of 123 studio-, one- and two- bedroom suites with fully equipped kitchens, is connected by indoor hall- way to the recently renovated Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool. Guests have access to the Holiday Inn’s restaurant, lounge and banquet facilities.
The Holiday Inn Syracuse-Liverpool offers 30,000 square feet of meeting space in addition to 197 guestrooms.
Together, the Syracuse Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Oncenter cre- ated a brand new sales position responsible for generating new multi- property convention center business for the Oncenter and Syracuse and Onondaga County.
“The convention development director is responsible for soliciting and booking new meetings and conventions that maximize overnight stays for business
booked within the Oncenter,” said Syracuse Convention and Visitors Bureau vice president of sales and services, Tracey Kegebein.
Syracuse is recognized in the national meetings market not only because of its centralized location in the Northeast, but also because of award-winning facilities, remarkable cuisine, excep- tional entertainment options and out- standing value, all critical components of successful meetings and events.
Places to Meet
A three-city-block facility located in the heart of Syracuse, The Oncenter has flexible meeting, convention, banquet and event space to accommodate groups and functions of all sizes. It includes the War Memorial Arena, the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters, and the Nicolas J. Pirro Convention Center, which together play host to local, regional and national audiences for conferences, trade shows and entertainment.
Empire Expo Center/New York State Fairgrounds is one of the largest and most versatile year-round exhibition facilities and festival centers in North America. It features 11 permanent buildings on a 375-acre site with over 300,000 square feet of exhibit space and free parking.
Empire Expo Center hosts events that attract more than 2,000,000 visitors
annually, and it is the site of The Great New York State Fair, one of America's best-attended state fairs. The center offers a wide variety of venues that eas- ily accommodate meetings, consumer shows, banquets, concerts, agriculture and equine programs, sporting events and festivals of any size. All facilities are handicap accessible, as well.
Things to Do
Enjoy America's favorite pastime in total comfort at one of the finest AAA baseball parks in the country. Alliance Bank Stadium is home to the Syracuse Chiefs, a farm team for the Washington Nationals, and offers 11,117 seats.
Operated by Onondaga County Parks, the north side ballpark offers easy access from Interstate-81, ample park- ing, professional standard lighting, pri- mary and auxiliary scoreboards, an indoor batting cage, and locker room space for up to four teams.
Carousel Shopping Adventure offers over 170 specialty shops and six major department stores along with the his- toric Carousel No. 18, made by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, for a one-of-a-kind experience.
Visitors to downtown Syracuse will find the Onondaga Historical Association, Erie Canal Museum, Everson Museum of Art, and the Museum of Science and Technology. Additional museums near- by include: Sainte Marie Among the
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