Pennsylvania Convention Center

Located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Convention Center is uniquely woven into the city’s landscape. More than 10,000 hotel rooms and hundreds of restaurants, shops, historical attractions, and cultural institutions are within walking distance of the facility.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center opened in 1993 and underwent a substantial expansion that was completed in 2011. Today, the Center consists of more than 2 million square feet of space, including seven exhibit halls totaling 679,000 square feet of exhibit space, 528,000 square feet of which that is contiguous exhibit space.

In addition, the Center boasts more than 82 meeting rooms that can be set in banquet, classroom, or theater seating and the largest ballroom in the Northeast, which is equivalent to the size of a football field. The Center’s large size provides it the ability to comfortably host multiple large trade shows and conventions simultaneously. Under the management of SMG, the Pennsylvania Convention Center and its staff host nearly 250 events a year, ranging from world-class conventions to regional company retreats.

There are plenty of comfortable lounges, sprawling balconies and terraces with unmatched views of City Hall and the Museum Mile along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Attendees can rely on technical support, WiFi connectivity, digital signage and smart rooms inside the PCC to make any event interactive and user-friendly.