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flavor the visits of meeting attendees with a pleasing variety, while "dinner and a movie" has been redefined at Cinebistro to now include upscale dining, feature films, top shelf beverages, bowling and a game room - all complemented by an adults-only policy after 6 pm.
Theme restaurants like NASCAR Sports Grille, Saddle Ridge Rockin' Country Saloon, and Luckie's Dueling Pianos can be enjoyed at the Power Plant of Hampton Roads, also within close prox- imity of concert and meeting venues. And a visit to Hampton is not complete with- out savoring some decadent Chesapeake Bay seafood. Long known as Crabtown, Hampton's seafood has been caught, packaged and shipped throughout the world for generations.
PLACES TO MEET
The American Theatre opened in 1908 as a vaudeville house and experienced vari- ous incarnations until Hampton Arts pur- chased and completely renovated the building in 2000. Now, The American Theatre offers its "Great Performers" series of dance, classical, theatre, world music, jazz and family fun. An intimate and acoustically excellent venue with superb sight lines, it offers an interesting option for a general session or an "evening out" for up to 400 attendees.
Hampton Coliseum has it all for big shows (13,800 for a general admission concert) and smaller events (6,183 or less). The granddaddy venue of the con- cert circuit, it is a favorite among many musicians and has hosted R.E.M, Elvis Presley, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, The Grateful Dead and many others. Sporting events, family performances and conferences also call the Hampton Coliseum home. A variety of several smaller meeting spaces also are available on site,
The Hampton History Museum is an ideal starting point for any Hampton tour - and can serve as an unusual venue for social receptions and small meetings, as well. Four hundred years of Hampton's history is presented in nine captivating galleries, which reception guests can meander
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The founding of NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, in 1917 in Hampton was the precursor of NASA and the founding site of the American space program.
Today, the Virginia Air and Space Center and Riverside Digital 3D IMAX Theater are the result of Hampton's special relationship with NASA. More than 100 flight simulators and hands-on exhibits showcase air and space innovations of the past, present and future. Next door, the Hampton
Carousel, built in 1920, spins visitors year-round on hand-carved horses and chariots.
through, along with a portico and court- yard. The museum features a separate Great Hall, which can be situated for seated or auditorium-style events.
Since opening in 1993, the Hampton University Convocation Center has host- ed concerts, basketball games and con- ventions. Features include a removable Final Four basketball floor, two meeting rooms, and capabilities for theatre-style seating, dressing rooms, a pressroom, a loading dock and a state-of-the-art sound system. The building also offers 2,000 parking spaces and two conces- sions stands.
Founded in 1868, the Hampton University Museum is the nation's oldest African American museum boasting a collection of more than 9,000 objects representing cultures and people from
around the world. Located on the grounds of Hampton University campus, its galleries are dedicated to African American, African, American Indian and Asian and Pacific art and artifacts, mak- ing the museum a dramatic backdrop for social receptions or small classroom pre- sentations.
Luncheons, seminars and seated dinners all take flight at the Virginia Air and Space Center, the visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. This world-class facility fea- tures more than 100 hands-on exhibits that tell the story of air and space explo- ration and an IMAX theater. Attendees can dine below soaring aircraft or next to the Apollo 12 Command Module. An observation deck, ideal for cocktails or a cigar bar, provides striking views of the downtown Hampton waterfront.
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