Situated in the central business district, the Dayton Convention Center is within walking distance of hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment. The Convention Center offers two exhibit halls, with capacities of 47,000 square feet and 21,300 square feet, which can be combined to accommodate from 3,600 to 9,970 people in a variety of settings. Also part of the complex are 22 meeting rooms, a 674-seat theater, a fully equipped kitchen, and teleconferencing, sound, and lighting systems. Hara Arena Conference and Exhibition Center, the second-largest facility of it kind in the state of Ohio, contains a total of 165,575 square feet of space, which includes an 8,000-seat arena. On the Wright State University campus is the multipurpose Ervin J. Nutter Center, which seats up to 300 people in 5,500 square feet of space.
Dayton-area hotels and motels offer meeting and banquet accommodations for large and small groups; more than 7,500 lodging rooms can be found in the Dayton-Montgomery County area.
Convention Information: Dayton/Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1 Chamber Plaza, Suite A, Dayton, OH 45402; telephone (800)221-8235. Dayton Convention Center, telephone (937)333-4707