Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau

DC-area location

Primary Contact

• Andre P. Walker
• National Sales Manager
• Phone: 443-394-2780
• Fax: 443-394-2781
• Email: andre@mcvb.org

Headquarters

Destination Overview

Memphis offers you an authentic and vibrant destination, headlined by music and full of one-and-only, nowhere-else experiences: Blues music, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Sun Studio, performing arts, alternative rock music, an ornamental metal museum, Beale Street, Pandas plus the new Polar bear exhibit at the Memphis Zoo - Northwest Passage, heritage tours, Mississippi River views, mouth-watering barbecue, jazz, lively festivals, intriguing galleries and museums, Southern Soul food, a history that fascinates. These only begin the list of what’s so great about the Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Quick Facts

• Guest Rooms (within walking distance of the convention center): 12,000
• Guest Rooms (total within Destination): 20,000
• Guest Rooms (total committable): 15,000
• Maximum Exhibit Hall Ceiling Height: 40 (ft.)
• Maximum Exhibit Space (sq. ft.): 125,000 (sq. ft.)
• Maximum Contiguous Exhibit Space (sq. ft.): 160,000 (sq. ft.)
• Maximum Auditorium Seating: 2,300
• Breakout Meeting Rooms: 30
• Distance from Airport to Downtown (in miles): 9 miles