Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau
Address: 617 Main Street, Suite 200 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-852-0511 (1-888-2BUFFNY)
Fax: 716-852-0131
Key Contact: Visit Buffalo Niagara
Contact Email: even@visitbuffaloniagara.com
Website: www.visitbuffaloniagara.com
Planning a meeting? The newly renovated Buffalo Niagara Convention Center has 110,000 total square feet of flexible meeting and exhibit space, including a 64,410 square foot column-free exhibit hall and 21 meeting and breakout rooms. On Sept. 10, 2010 the center will wrap up an extensive $7 million renovation that includes new wireless hot spots, concession areas, wall coverings, signage and lighting. Adjacent to the convention center is the recently remodeled Hyatt Regency Buffalo, which features 396 guest rooms. For more information, visit www.visitbuffaloniagara.com or call 1-800-BUFFALO
Planning a sports event? Buffalo Niagara has state-of-the-art swimming, track & field, soccer and softball facilities, and our region has a long resume of hosting events like the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 1st and 2nd rounds, the
Located along Interstate 90, within 500 miles of 55 percent of America’s population, Buffalo is incredibly accessible. The Buffalo Niagara International Airport features over 100 daily non-stop flights with service to 24 cities and it’s the 11th most affordable airport in the country to fly through. Buffalo also features Amtrak service.
Selected by the New York Times as one of “The 44 Places to Go in 2009,” Buffalo combines big city entertainment, dining, art and culture with small town affordability. Plus, it’s only 20 minutes away from one of the world’s natural wonders – Niagara Falls.
From boutique luxury hotels to quaint bed and breakfasts to large chains with expansive meeting facilities, Buffalo offers a wide range of accommodations. In recent years, Buffalo’s hotel options have only gotten stronger, with an influx of new properties and renovations at many of the major chain locations.
Food lovers rejoice, because while Buffalo is justifiably proud of its chicken wings (and no trip to Buffalo is complete without a stop at the Anchor Bar), there is so much more to Buffalo’s culinary scene than hot sauce and blue cheese dressing. Start with enormous ethnic diversity, add in a profusion of local farms and orchards and a microclimate that’s ideal for fruit and grape growing and what do you get? You get great restaurants, delicious local specialties, wine trails, farmers markets, and gourmet food shops.
If shopping is your thing, you’ll find everything from hip, independently-owned boutiques in Buffalo’s trendy Elmwood Village neighborhood to major department stores at a number of local shopping centers and malls, including the Walden Galleria.
Sports fan? Buffalo has a wealth of options, including the Bills, Sabres,
And Buffalo abounds with other forms for entertainment. The renovated and reopened Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site lets you stand where Roosevelt took the oath of office and the new Burchfield Penney Art Center is drawing national attention. With architectural masterpieces by Frank Lloyd Wright and others, world class modern art at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, touring Broadway productions at the magnificent Shea’s Performing Arts Center, a fascinating history, and countless festivals and events, Buffalo is alive with things to do and discover.
Total event space: Buffalo Convention Center, 110,000 sq. ft.
Total hotel rooms: 3,000 committable