Sunday, June 26, 2011

Meeting Planners Indianapolis Guide And Tips

By Mavis Roach


An ideal meeting planners Indianapolis primer should include details not just about the main venues, but also explain why the city is a good choice. For starters, it is Indiana's biggest city and the state capital to boot. It has more facilities and space for meetings than most other large US cities, and plays host to large conventions and many sporting events like the Indy 500.

Location-wise, it is a strategic choice for meetings since half the population of the U. S. Can get here in less than a day by road, and even faster by plane. But location and availability of venues isn't enough for meetings. The venues also need to have adequate visitor and tourist facilities in the immediate vicinity.

This is probably where Indianapolis knocks it right out of the park, and it's mostly on account of ICCLOS. The Indiana Convention Center offers 3 ballrooms and 71 rooms for meetings, plus over 1 million square feet of floor space. The Lucas Oil Stadium adjacent to the ICC provides another 13k square feet in flexible space for meetings.

The area surrounding ICCLOS is filled with everything visitors need, including many large hotels with thousands of guest rooms. There are all kinds of restaurants and giant entertainment zones such as the Circle Centre Mall. What turns it into one giant mega-facility is that enclosed and climate-controlled walkways connect all of it, including the ICC, LOS, hotels and entertainment options.

If that's not enough, each hotel in the vicinity offers thousands of additional square feet in meetings facilities. Plus, they provide guests with executive suites and business centers, room service, free airport shuttles, concierge desk assistance, etc. If even this is not enough, there are many other venues here besides ICCLOS.

The State Fairgrounds, for example, provides 15 buildings for events and meetings that includes the famous Pepsi Coliseum. Then there's the Conseco Fieldhouse, located right in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. The many possible spaces for meetings at Conseco are all high-tech, and very well catered too.

All said and done, it's easy to travel here and very convenient to organize and attend meetings. As a matter of fact, there are too many possible venues that merit a listing in a meeting planners Indianapolis guide. That's a good thing for a planner, and asking them all for quotes may end up landing the organizer a sweet deal.




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