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Sioux Falls CVB The Heart of America
Q&A with… Krista Orsack, CMP, Director of Sales 200 N Phillips Ave, Ste 102, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
www.visitsiouxfalls.com/meetings •
korsack@siouxfalls.com 605-373-2036 • 800-333-2072 • Fax: 605-336-6499
1. What’s new or improved in your destination in the last year? The new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center will open in the fall of 2014 and expand the current meeting space at the Sioux Falls Convention Center and Arena. The complex will feature over 132,000 contiguous square feet and includes an attached 243-room hotel. Over 1,000 hotel rooms are within a one mile radius of the complex. The three largest hotel meeting facilities also completed multi- million dollar upgrades and renovations.
2. What unique services does your bureau off er meeting/event planners? We work with each group from the initial planning stages through the time the meeting or event concludes. We offer site selection and inspections, accommodation bids and arrangements, travel for presentations, event and itinerary assistance, vendor contacts, profes- sional registration assistance, offi cial welcomes and media and press assistance. 3. What types of attractions and/or activities does your destination off er meeting/event attendees? Your dollars will stretch dramatically further in Sioux Falls, from accommodations and shopping to year-round events and attractions. Located near downtown is Falls Park, the city’s namesake. The 123-acre park features a triple waterfall, visitor center and viewing tower, café, and historic ruins visited by people from around the world. Another notable Sioux Falls attraction is the Washington Pavilion, the city’s fi rst high school. The Pavilion is one of the only facilities in the world to bring under one roof performing arts, visual arts, interac- tive science and educational opportunities and the fi rst in America to do so.
4. How is your bureau working with planners to overcome industry/economy challenges? We remain fl exible to all RFP requirements and evaluate meeting incentives based upon the group size including attendance, over- night rooms and total economic stimulation to our community.
5. If you had to name just one reason to choose your destination, what would it be? Being located in the heart of America at the junction of I-90 and I-29 offers drive-in convenience, the Sioux Falls Regional Airport
provides easy access by air and as the largest city in the state, but a smaller metropolitan location, planners will fi nd affordability and warm hospitality!
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