Virginia's Largest Meeting Facility Opens in Richmond

Richmond, Va. -- The Greater Richmond Convention Center opened Friday, becoming the largest meeting facility in Virginia, with more than 260,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space.

The center features 180,000 square feet of exhibit space, 32 meeting rooms totaling 50,000 square feet, and a 29,000-square-foot ballroom, divisible by four, along with a 258-fixed-seat lecture hall.

Geared toward larger conventions that need multiple access points, the new center features 20 dedicated truck bays and separate service corridors, which connect easily to the center's meeting rooms and exhibit halls. State-of-the-art technology has been installed throughout the center for voice, data and video communication.

The center also contains a 450-space parking structure and a skywalk the connects to the adjacent 401-room Richmond Marriott, which itself contains 30,000 square feet of flexible meeting space.