Seminars and company events
Greenville Convention Center can host anything from a 16-person board meeting to a trade show with 158 booths or a general session for 2,800 people, with three hotels and more than 400 guest rooms on the same campus. The center stands at 303 SW Greenville Boulevard in Greenville, North Carolina, and its operators describe the 32-acre campus as the largest meeting and exhibit facility in eastern North Carolina.
The campus counts 91,000 square feet of event space and 36 meeting rooms spread across the convention center and the three hotels next door: Hilton Greenville, Holiday Inn Greenville and Hampton Inn Greenville. An association can run plenaries, breakouts, an exhibit floor and an evening reception without shuttles. Wi-Fi and parking are free across the campus, the exhibit halls have a loading dock and drive-in access, and the team offers registration and publicity support.
Weddings and receptions
A recent renovation added an indoor-outdoor ballroom that the center markets for mixers and weddings, and the campus photo gallery shows wedding receptions. The Emerald Room seats 280 at banquet tables, and the Carolina Ballroom at the Hilton seats 1,000.
Rooms and capacities
The main exhibit hall covers 28,800 square feet under a 25-foot ceiling. Used whole, it takes 2,800 in theater layout, 2,300 at banquet, 1,350 in classroom or 158 booths of 10 by 10 feet. It divides into Exhibit Halls A, B, D and E, each for 450 in theater, and the larger Exhibit Hall C for 600. The Emerald Room holds 300 in theater and splits into East and West halves of 150 each. Six Gallery rooms each take 75, and Studios A and B take 45 each.
At the Hilton, the Carolina Ballroom offers 10,000 square feet for 1,260 in theater and divides into sections A to F. Three Hilton meeting rooms combine for 220. The Holiday Inn adds a 4,170-square-foot ballroom for 400 and The Glenn for 175, and the Hampton Inn has the Greene Room for 50.
Accommodation
The three campus hotels hold 412 rooms in all: 170 at the Holiday Inn, 142 at the Hilton and 100 at the Hampton Inn. The center counts about 1,700 more rooms nearby, and a campus shuttle gives access across the city.
Catering
The center's catering page points to the Hilton Greenville team for on-site catering, and the campus brochure states that outside food and beverage service is permitted. The campus also has two restaurants and two bars for evening plans.
Getting there
The campus lines Greenville Boulevard, a main artery on the southwest side of the city, with five outdoor social areas, a pedestrian plaza and three acres of green space. Pitt-Greenville Airport is the closest airport, and Raleigh-Durham International, the larger hub, is about a 90-minute drive.
