Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau

DC-area location

Primary Contact

• Jeff Poole
• Sales Representative
• Phone: 703-864-9644
• Email: jeff@jsp-marketing.com

Additional Contacts

• Jeanne Eury
• Sales Representative
• Phone: 571-488-8694
• Email: jeanne@jsp-marketing.com

Headquarters

Website

Destination Overview

Grand Rapids offers all the big-city excitement you’d expect from a million-resident metropolis – but it also boasts small-town charms like friendly people, safe streets and good old-fashioned Midwest value. The region is blessed with abundant natural wonders – ideal for golfing, fishing, swimming, biking and sightseeing – and it’s all close by!

Quick Facts

• Guest Rooms (within walking distance of the convention center): 1,400
• Guest Rooms (total within Destination): 6,900
• Guest Rooms (total committable): 6,000
• Maximum Exhibit Hall Ceiling Height: 72 (ft.)
• Maximum Exhibit Space (sq. ft.): 162,000 (sq. ft.)
• Maximum Contiguous Exhibit Space (sq. ft.): 162,000 (sq. ft.)
• Maximum Auditorium Seating: 14,560
• Breakout Meeting Rooms: 35
• Distance from Airport to Downtown (in miles): 20 miles