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Convention Center
In the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, on the banks of the Grand River that flows through the city, sits DeVos Place convention center.
With one million square feet of sub-dividable space on a 13-acre site, DeVos Place is capable of hosting events large and small. Yet it's much more than just a space to fill. It's a state-of-the-art environment for conducting business. DeVos Place integrates the latest innovations in architecture, furniture and technology to help people make connections with each other.
DeVos Place is connected to three downtown hotels via enclosed, elevated skywalk - and it's just around the corner from more than 75 restaurants, nightclubs, museums and other entertainment options.
AT A GLANCE
- 162,000 sq. ft. "Class A" exhibition hall
- 40,000 sq. ft. flexible-use ballroom with 3,250-seat banquet capacity
- 35,000 sq. ft. of sub-dividable meeting space
- 12 enclosed loading docks
- Underground parking garage and heated skywalk to three hotels
- 75-foot-high Grand Gallery is an ideal space for networking, receptions and registration
- Click here for DeVos Place facility details
TECHNOLOGICAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Expansive "in-between" spaces support new ways of connecting both personally and technologically
- Steelcase CachetTM Chairs provide exceptional comfort and support to facilitate learning
- High-tech connectivity with CAT-six copper wire and Avaya connectors
- Exhibit floor boxes every 30 feet on center provide all possible utility power configurations
- "Touchdown stations" for easy Internet access
- Sonet ring providing guaranteed data service
DeVos Place
- 303 Monroe Ave. NW
- Grand Rapids, MI 49503
- Phone: (616) 742-6500
- Region: Downtown
DeVos Place puts visitors right in the middle of everything happening in downtown Grand Rapids. This multi-purpose facility is unequaled in service and support. Its management team of SMG provides the same high caliber of meeting and convention support as dozens of other convention centers across the country. DeVos Place is ideally equipped for meetings, conventions and trade shows as well as performing arts and touring events. The complex has the capability to simultaneously host a variety MORE >>
