Kalamazoo
Booking a meeting in Kalamazoo? You can't go wrong. Suited to every budget and taste, the city offers easy accessibility and affordable rates. A total of more than 2,800 hotel rooms include accommodations in a wide range of properties, from intimate bed-and-breakfast inns to a AAA Four Diamond, world-class convention hotel. Several hotel properties feature meeting space, as do a number of other facilities in the area. Groups convening in Kalamazoo can also enjoy a wide range of post-meeting diversions. An array of unique restaurants, brew pubs, nightly entertainment, and theaters distinguishes the vibrant Art Deco downtown district. Excitement of another kind awaits at one of 22 beautiful area golf courses, three ski resorts, four wineries, and 83 lakes with public access. History and culture buffs will want to explore the city's many historic neighborhoods and outstanding museums. Shopping opportunities abound as well. What's more, getting here is easy: Convenient transportation options link Kalamazoo with several major centers. Meeting facilities and accommodations lie within a 10-minute drive of Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Airport. The city's historic downtown train station offers transportation to and from major destinations via Amtrak. By car, Kalamazoo is located approximately two hours from Chicago and Detroit via Interstate 94. U.S. 131 provides a north/south artery leading north to upper Michigan and south to the Indiana toll road.

At a Glance
Kalamazoo County Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Chamber Building
141 East Michigan Ave., Ste. 100
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Phone: (800) 530-9192
Web site: www.discoverkalamazoo.com
CONVENTION FACILITIES
Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites
Total Event Space: 44,000+ sq. ft.
Exhibit Space: 10,000 sq. ft.
Largest Contiguous Space: 10,000 sq. ft.
Largest Ballroom: 9,730 sq. ft.
Total Meeting Space: 36,000 sq. ft.
Maximum Number of Breakout Rooms: 16
Hotel Rooms: 341 rooms

Kalamazoo County Expo Center
Building & Fairground
Total Event Space: 37,000+ sq. ft.
Exhibit Space: 20,999 sq. ft.
Largest Contiguous Space: 20,000 sq. ft.
Largest Ballroom: 5,720 sq. ft.
Total Meeting Space: 37,000 sq. ft.
Maximum Number of Breakout Rooms: 3
ADDITIONAL MEETING FACILITIES
• Western Michigan University/Fetzer
Center
• Holiday Inn West
• Clarion Hotel
• Yarrow Golf & Conference Resort
• Michigan Technical Education Center
(M-Tec)
• Brook Lodge Hotel and Conference Center
HOTELS
Number of Properties: 41
Number of Rooms: More than 2,800 county-wide
Largest:
• Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites
(341 rooms)

• Holiday Inn West (186 rooms)
• Clarion Hotel/Holiday Inn Express & Suites (220 rooms)
• Days Inn (146 rooms)
• Fairfield Inn East (134 rooms)
• Gull Lake View Golf Resort (128 rooms)
ATTRACTIONS
• Air Zoo
• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
• Kalamazoo Valley Museum
• Kalamazoo Nature Center
• Gilmore Car Museum
• Miller Auditorium
• Kellogg Manor House
• More than 10 community theaters
presenting live performances
TRANSPORTATION
Four major airlines offer direct worldwide connections, with jet service from
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Airport (AZO) to major hubs.

Rosemont
The busiest convention venue in the Midwest, Rosemont's Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center hosts approximately one million visitors annually to 100-plus trade and consumer shows. The convention center hosts every kind of show in its 840,000 square feet of exhibition space, from the larger industry trade shows, such as Private Label, the combined Assembly Technology/Quality Expo/National Manufacturing Week/Electronics Assembly show, LabelExpo, and Pet Industry Trade Show, to consumer shows. The conference center's largest level opens onto the Stephens Ballroom, which holds up to 4,000 delegates theater-style or 3,000 banquet-style. An enclosed, climate-controlled pedestrian Skybridge Network links the facility with three hotels and an 8,000-car garage. The 18,500-seat Allstate Arena and the 4,400-seat Rosemont Theatre also contain meeting space. Nearby restaurants include Gibsons, Carlucci's, Morton's of Chicago, Harry Caray's, Nick's Fishmarket, The Rosewood, and The Ram Restaurant. Rosemont will host even more visitors when Rosemont Walk, a $500 million entertainment district, debuts. Just across the street from the Stephens Center, Rosemont Walk is under construction, with many of its facilities being completed this year and next. Rosemont Walk will include an 18-screen themed movie megaplex by Muvico, including a children's playroom, stadium seating, a VIP entrance and valet parking; a 575-room luxury Intercontinental Hotel, with a McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, Capital Grille, and Osteria di Tramonto, an additional restaurant by Cenitary Restaurants and Rick Tramonto of TRU; a 254-room ALOFT Hotel by Continental Hotels (owner of the W chain of hotels); and the 400,000-square-foot, 525-room Grizzly Falls resort, including the Midwest's largest indoor water park.

At a Glance
Rosemont Convention and
Visitors Bureau
9301 W. Bryn Mawr
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Phone: (847) 823-2100
Fax: (847) 696-9700
Web site: www.rosemont.com
Convention Facilities
Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center
Total Event Space: 960,000 sq. ft.
Total Exhibit Space: 840,000 sq. ft.
Ballrooms: Three flexible spaces: 30,000 sq. ft., 22,000 sq. ft., 17,360 sq. ft.
Total Meeting Rooms: 50 encompassing 92,000 sq. ft. of space
Number of Rooms Within Walking Distance: 2,500
Number of Rooms Within Area: 7,000

Additional Meeting Facilities
Allstate Arena
Seating capacity: 8,500 seats in
the round, 16,500 in 270°, 14,500 with the stage at one end
Rosemont Theatre
Seating capacity: 4,400 (2,240 main floor; 2,080 balcony; 90 pit)
Hotels
Number of Properties: 14
Largest
• Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 1,100 rooms
• The Westin O'Hare, 525 rooms
• Crowne Plaza, 503 rooms
Attractions
• Donald E. Stephens Museum of
Hummels and Village Gift Shop

• Chicago Wolves at the Allstate Arena (AHL hockey)
• Chicago Rush at the Allstate
Arena (arena football champions)
• DePaul Blue Demons at the Allstate Arena (Division 1 NCAA basketball)
• Chicagoland Pops Orchestra at the
Rosemont Theatre
• Radio City Rockettes at the Rosemont Theatre (Christmas Spectacular)
• All the museums, professional sports teams and events available in Chicago
• Rosemont Walk attractions begin
opening Autumn 2007
Air Transportation
O'Hare International Airport is five
minutes from Rosemont; Midway Airport is approximately 40 minutes from
Rosemont.