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Home News Virginia’s largest convention spaces

Virginia’s largest convention spaces

Published October 2, 2019 by Kate Andrews

Sometimes you need a lot of room to spread out, so here is a list of the state’s biggest convention centers — plus one in Washington, D.C. —   restricted to facilities with indoor meeting space and no onsite overnight lodgings. For more options, visit our comprehensive chart of hotels with conference space, organized by size and region, here.

 

Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
At 2.3 million square feet, including 703,000 square feet of event space and 77 meeting rooms, this is one of the East Coast’s largest convention venues. It is accessible by Metro and has more than 3,000 parking spaces.
DCconvention.com

 

 

Greater Richmond Convention Center
Richmond
The downtown facility, at 700,000 square feet, is Virginia’s largest convention center. It includes a 178,000-square-foot exhibit hall and a 30,550-square-foot grand ballroom, as well as 36 meeting rooms.
RichmondCenter.com

 

 

 

 

Virginia Beach Convention Center
Virginia Beach
Close to the ocean and a forthcoming indoor sports complex next door, this 525,000-square-foot venue has a 150,012-square-foot exhibit area and a 31,029-square-foot ballroom.
VisitVirginiaBeach.com/convention-center

 

 

 

Hampton Roads Convention Center
Hampton
The Hampton Roads region’s other large convention center. At 344,000 square feet, this facility has three first-floor exhibition halls totaling 102,600 square feet and seven ballrooms that can be combined into a 27,907-square-foot room.
TheHRCC.com

 

 

 

Richmond Raceway Complex
Henrico County
More than the home of NASCAR races, the complex has 167,400 square feet of event space, including a 60,000-square-foot exhibition hall and the 36,000-square-foot Old Dominion building for parties or exhibits.
RichmondRacewayComplex.com

 

 

 

Norfolk Scope Meeting and Convention Space
Norfolk
Built in 1971, the Scope Arena hosts concerts and hockey, but the venue also has 140,000 square feet of exhibition and meeting space.
SevenVenues.com/venues/detail/scope-arena   

 

 

 

Berglund Center
Roanoke
A 110,000-square-foot multipurpose arena that hosts concerts, monster truck rallies and other events, Berglund has an adjacent special events center with 46,000 square feet of exhibit space.
TheBerglundCenter.com

 

 

 

 

Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center
Fredericksburg
With 90,000 square feet, this venue has exhibit spaces, five meeting rooms and a grand ballroom that accommodates 700.
FredericksburgExpoCenter.com

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