Erie's Civic Center Complex is a three-building, $20-million complex. The complex includes the Louis J. Tullio Convention Center, which seats more than 7,000 people for concerts, conventions, and sporting events; an adjacent Exhibit Hall, which features 36,000 square feet of exhibit/convention space and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment; and the Warner Theatre. By 2007 a fourth addition is expected to open—the new $45-million Bayfront Convention Center. This 120,000-square-foot facility will overlook Presque Isle Bay. A new hotel will be added that connects it to the convention center. Some 3,200 area hotel and motel rooms support these facilities.
Convention Information: Erie Area Chamber of Commerce, 208 E. Bayfront Parkway, Suite 100, Erie, PA, 16507; telephone (814)454-7191; fax (814)459-0241