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Meeting and Conference Destinations:
Richmond

Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau | Greater Richmond Convention Center | Virginia Crossings Resort

Virginia capital a perfect meeting spot
Richmond’s central location and historical significance make it a prime place to meet. The Richmond region offers everything a big city has to offer but with a Southern, small-town feel. The city features eclectic neighborhoods, restaurants, shopping venues and historic museums and sites. The James River runs through the city, creating ample hiking, biking and whitewater rafting sites. It includes the only Class IV rapids located in an urban setting.

The capital city has made a major mark in America’s history. The area was among the first settled in America, and played important roles in the Revolutionary and Civil wars. The city’s sites include the second English settlement in America, the church where Patrick Henry gave his famous “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death” speech, Colonial-era plantations, Civil War battlefields and the wartime home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Richmond is located off Interstate 95 and is close to the Richmond International Airport. An Amtrak train also runs through two stations in the Richmond area.

Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau
401 N. Third St.
Richmond, VA 23219
(800) 370-9004
www.visit.richmond.com
Cleo Battle, vice president
of sales and services
cbattle@richmondva.org

Conference Center

Greater Richmond Convention Center (view PDF ad)
403 N. Third St.
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 783-7300
www.richmondcenter.com
Contact: Kenny Washington, marketing manager
kwashington@greaterrichmondcc.com

Located in the heart of Virginia’s capital city, the Greater Richmond Convention Center takes up five and a half city blocks. The convention center offers high-tech meeting, exhibition and conference space. It has a 178,159-square-foot exhibit hall, 50,000 square feet for 32 meeting rooms and a 30,550-square-foot grand ballroom that can hold a banquet for up to 1,600 people. Parking is easy at decks that have 1,540 spaces. In addition, there are more than 4,600 spaces in a six-block radius from the convention center.

The convention center also features a beautiful, 12,000-square-foot glassed-in registration lobby, 250-seat Food Court and Lounge that overlooks the exhibit hall and registration lobby and on-site food and catering services. The convention center includes the Wachovia Business Center, where guests can access the latest Microsoft technology and do any needed printing, copying and faxing. The Cyber Café, where meeting delegates can eat and catch up on the today’s news, includes free Internet access.

Downtown Richmond has 2,150 hotel rooms, and a 250-room Hilton hotel is being built across the street from the convention center. The hotel is scheduled to be completed in 2008.

Conference Hotels

Virginia Crossings Resort (view PDF ad)
1000 Virginia Center Parkway
Glen Allen, VA 23059
(866) 545-8693
www.virginiacrossingsmeetings.com
Contact: Megan Sprott, senior sales manager
(804) 727-1400

Hold a cutting-edge conference at the beautiful Virginia Crossings Resort, where meeting planners can hold a high-tech conference and provide guests a wide range of leisure activities for downtime. The resort includes 25,000 square feet of meeting space with 23 conference rooms, three executive board rooms and an elegant ballroom that can handle 336 people for a banquet and 400 people when seated theater style. The resort offers all-inclusive day and overnight meeting packages that make budgeting for events easy. Conferences will have a designated conference planner to coordinate the entire conference facility.

The resort includes 183 elegant hotel rooms in a serene 20-acre setting of flower gardens and beautiful buildings. Each room is equipped with dual-line telephones with data ports, voice mail and high-speed Internet. There is plenty for guests to do when the meetings are finished. The Crossings Golf Club features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Joe Lee. A sports lounge features billiards and darts. The fitness center was recently renovated. Guests can also play a game of squash on the resort’s squash court. Guests can also use the outdoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi. The resort’s restaurants range from casual meals to world-class fine dining.

Room report

There are more than 16,000 hotel rooms in the Richmond region.

Airport (Martin Air PDF)

Richmond International Airport is located 10 miles from downtown Richmond. The airport has reported a record number of passengers after discount airlines AirTran Airways and JetBlue Airways began service and brought prices down.

Hanover County Airport and Chesterfield County Airport are smaller airports in the area.

Top Attractions

Maymont
National Battlefield Park
Science Museum of Virginia
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
The Library of Virginia

Shopping

Carytown
Libbie and Grove Avenues
Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom
Stony Point Shopping Center

Golf

Belmont Golf Course (804) 501-4653
Birkdale (804) 739-8800
Brookwoods (804) 932-3737
The Crossings Golf Club (804) 261-0000
The First Tee Chesterfield (804) 275-8050