Conferences, banquets, company parties, incentive groups and weddings for 50 to 5,000 guests can be organized at Green Valley Ranch, a resort with hotel, spa and casino in Henderson, Nevada, southeast of Las Vegas. Its main argument for organizers is size without the Strip: large ballrooms, outdoor venues and complimentary parking on one site.
Seminars and company events
The resort offers 69,000 square feet of meeting and event space that can be reconfigured to fit the program. It includes two large ballrooms, 12 breakout meeting rooms and executive boardrooms, alongside indoor and outdoor venues set in landscaped gardens. A sales team handles conferences and banquets, and the in-house production services department designs staging, sound and lighting for larger shows. Planners can consult a sales kit, a virtual tour, a layout and capacity guide and the event policies before a site visit. The spa offers group wellness programs that can be added to a meeting.
The resort also runs its own concert venues, the Grand Events Center indoors and The Backyard in the open air.
Weddings and receptions
Each couple works with a wedding specialist who tours the property with them, then handles design and logistics through to the day. Ceremonies can take place outdoors in the gardens or indoors in a ballroom. The resort sells wedding packages, spa packages for the bridal party with a coordinator, and custom resort packages that combine the reception with guest rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The resort quotes a range of 50 to 5,000 guests across its venues. The two ballrooms take the largest dinners and general sessions, and the 12 breakout rooms and boardrooms cover workshops and committee meetings. Outdoor events use The Lawn, a garden space. A layout and capacity chart for every room is available from the sales team.
Accommodation
Guests stay on site in resort rooms with king or queen beds, some with patios, and in a wide range of suites: Executive, Grand, Tuscany, Geneva, Mediterranean one- and two-bedroom, Vista, Strip, Presidential and Penthouse suites, as well as villa suites. Rooms and suites have recently been renovated. Leisure facilities include a resort pool, a spa and salon with a private lap pool, a fitness center, a Regal cinema and Kids Quest supervised play.
Catering
Banquet catering is handled by the resort's own team, which also runs group dining for holiday parties. For dinners outside the program, the resort has Hank's Fine Steaks and Martinis, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Borracha, Bottiglia, Pizza Rock, an Oyster Bar, Turf Grill and Lucky Penny, plus several lounges and bars such as Drop Bar and the Lobby Bar.
History and setting
Green Valley Ranch opened in 2001 and is run by Station Casinos. The casino has more than 2,000 slot machines and over 50 table games. The District at Green Valley Ranch, an open-air shopping and dining street, lies next door and gives delegates somewhere to walk in the evening.
Getting there
The resort is at 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway in Henderson, next to Interstate 215. Harry Reid International Airport is about 10 miles away by car, and the Las Vegas Strip is a short drive further. Parking is free for event guests.
