Chicago Meeting Professionals Guide 2008 - (Page 1) Thank you for your interest in the City of Chicago. In addition to its central location, pro-business environment and economic strength, Chicago offers a comprehensive collection of world-class meeting and special event venues. McCormick Place, the most flexible convention venue in the country, continues to grow to meet the needs of the millions of customers it welcomes annually. The $882 million state-of-the-art West Building, the newest addition to North America’s largest convention center, opened eight months ahead of schedule in August 2007. McCormick Place now offers a total of 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space and 600,000 square feet of meeting space. Chicago’s hotel inventory has more than 30,000 hotel rooms in the central business district. To assist you in accommodating your growing attendee base, an additional 4,000 rooms are expected to come online during the next three years. Chicago’s world-class cultural attractions, many of them ideal for unforgettable special events, include Millennium Park; The Field Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; Shedd Aquarium; Lincoln Park Zoo; Navy Pier and so much more. Within this guide you will find floor plans for meeting and event facilities, specifications for hotel and meeting venues, local convention suppliers and a directory of Chicago’s “must-see” attractions. In addition to all these wonderful resources, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau (CCTB) serves as a central and neutral contact to help you coordinate all aspects of your event, and will introduce you to a variety of industry-leading attendance-building and destination marketing programs to help make your event the best it can be. Take a look at everything Chicago has to offer. We look forward to hosting you and your attendees soon. Sincerely, GREETINGS Above: Sightseers set to embark from Navy Pier on another sunny day on Lake Michigan. ©Weaver/Denise Chambers Mayor Richard M. Daley City of Chicago choosechicago.com 1 http://choosechicago.com
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