The Mississippi Gulf Coast offers total convention space in excess of 500,000 square feet and more than 18,000 hotel rooms. The largest beachfront meeting and convention center in the South is the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center, which has 180,000 square feet of convention space, up to 32 meeting rooms, and a 15,000-seat arena. The majority of Biloxi's nine casinos also provide meeting space, the largest of which is the 54,000 square feet of the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino.
Convention Information: Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau, PO Box 6128, Gulfport, MS 39506-6128; telephone (228)896-6699; toll-free 800-237-9493; email tourism@gulfcoast.org