Visit Visalia (CVB)

425 East Oak Street PO Box 2734 93291

Why Choose Our Destination?

Maximize your next meeting by inviting your members to "meet in the middle." Visalia is located in the center of California’s Central Valley, an easy 3.5 hour drive from Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles. We are the ideal location for statewide and regional events. Visalia provides a total of 160,000 square feet of meeting space city wide, anchored by the versatile 114,000 square-foot Visalia Convention Center. The city features 1,400+ sleeping rooms all within five minutes of downtown and the Convention Center. Parking throughout Visalia is FREE. The Convention Center is equipped with stadium-style retractable seating in the exhibit hall to provide another level of flexibility and opportunity for clients. Convention properties in Visalia are proud to offer superior acoustics, furnishings, lighting and equipment matched by professional staff. Group Activities: It will be our pleasure to discuss and identify the very best activities in our city tailored to your group. Contact us with the next available opportunity to submit an RFP for your group’s meeting or conference. Take a glimpse at what we have to offer: -160,000 square-feet of state-of-the-art meeting and exhibit space -1,400+ rooms within 5 minutes of the Convention Center -FREE PARKING Downtown and at Convention Center -Full-Service Visalia Marriott at the Convention Center -New, adaptable stadium-style seating Ways to Save: -No union fees at the Visalia Convention Center -FREE parking -Amtrak discounts -Personalized promotional packages to fit your meeting needs Partner Hotels: Visalia Marriott at the Convention Center Wyndham Visalia & Conference Center Comfort Suites Downtown The Darling Hotel Residence Inn Hilton Garden Inn - Coming Soon! Hampton Inn Visalia Fairfield Inn Visalia Best Western Visalia Holiday Inn Express Lamp Liter Inn La Quinta Inn & Suites Visalia Majestic Inn Super 8 Motel by Wyndham Motel 6 Visalia Americas Best Value Inn

Distance from airport

  • Fresno Yosemite International Airport

    45 mi. from city center

  • Bakersfield Airport

    60 mi. from city center

  • Visalia Municipal Airport

    6 mi. from city center


Local Attractions

Valley Strong Ballpark - Visalia Rawhide (Minor League Baseball)

Recreation
1 minute away
Visalia Rawhide, Minor League Baseball - Offers a family friendly affordable baseball experience in a beautifully renovated stadium. If your group is looking to hold an offsite meeting or event, the recently and beautifully renovated Hall of Fame club is an excellent choice for group outings, board meetings and special events!
300 N. Giddings Street
Visalia, CA, US 93291

Tulare County Museum of Farm Labor and Agriculture

Museum
12 minutes away
Visalia's state-of-the-art museum at Mooney Grove Park serves to showcase our county's rich history of farm labor and agriculture. Take a journey through time and experience the cultural heritage of the people who farmed the Valley during the past half-Millennia, beginning with the Native American experience, the influx of Mexicans during the pre-statehood era, and Asian migration during the Gold Rush era. Exhibits under development will also document the arrival of the Armenians, Dutch and Portuguese, the local settlement of former Buffalo Soldiers and their families, post-Civil War in Allensworth, the Dust Bowl migrations of the teens, and Great Depression era, and much more!
27000 S. Mooney Blvd.
Visalia, CA, US 93277

Valley Oaks Golf Course

Recreation
12 minutes away
Valley Oaks Golf Course is conveniently located in the City of Visalia's Plaza Park. With three classic 9 hole layouts that can be played in different 18 hole rotations, Valley Oaks Golf Course provides great golf at a great price. Set amongst age-old native oak, eucalyptus, and tall pine trees, the three nines meander through a gorgeous setting and provide a great test of golf for players of all abilities.
1800 S. Plaza Street
Visalia, CA, US 93277

ImagineU Children's Museum

Recreation
5 minutes away
By inspiring children through interactive educational experiences, ImagineU provides multicultural hands-on learning through the sciences, environmental conservation, and the arts. Play can be collaborative, creative, and independent. Playing is distinctly educational and an integral part of childhood, impacting that child’s life for years beyond childhood. ImagineU encourages imagination but allows the child to “complete the picture” with open-ended, hands-on activities.
210 N. Tipton Street
Visalia, CA, US 93292

Adventure Park

Recreation
10 minutes away
Visalia Adventure Park is a family destination for superb fun! If you’re hunting for exciting things to do in Visalia, CA, visit our amusement park today! The Park includes attractions such as Bumper Boats, Miniature Golf, Family Go Karts, Kritter Karts/Go Karts for the little kids, a state-of-the-art Arcade, Batting Cages with both softball and baseball, Laser Maze, Laser Tag, and our our newest attraction - Sequoia Springs Splash Park - a water park that includes four different water slides and much, much more!
5600 W. Cypress Avenue
Visalia, CA, US 93277

Visalia Blossom Trail

Recreation
15 minutes away
A self-guided driving tour along the beautiful orchards and farms that highlight the diverse crops that grow in this agricultural powerhouse. Along the blossom trail, visitors can see not only the groves of oranges and orchards of fruit and nut trees, but also small farms and big dairies for deeper look into this region that feeds the world.
Visalia, CA, US

Partnership with Downtown Visalia

Shopping
0 minutes away
A collaboration between Visit Visalia (CVB) and Downtown Visalia, our Show Your Badge program offers your event guests discounts at downtown local merchants/ restaurants.
120 S. Church Street
Visalia, CA, US 93291

Historic Walking Tour

Historical landmark
0 minutes away
Take this self-guided tour through downtown and learn about Visalia's connection to the creation of the National Park Service or have lunch in the old jail, no longer used after some of its most notorious inmates escaped!
Downtown Visalia
CA, US

Convention Centers

  • Visalia Convention Center

    The Visalia Convention Center is situated at the heart of Central California and is considered to be one of the premier mid-state convention, meeting, and tradeshow destinations with over 114.000 sq ft of beautiful flexible meeting space.

    • Exhibit Space30,000 sq. ft.
      Total meeting space114,000 sq. ft.

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Feb 1 – Sep 30
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Oct 1 – Oct 31
Low season
Jan 1 – Jan 31
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Additional Information

GETTING TO VISALIA: Fresno Yosemite International Airport: Located 40 miles from Visalia -8 hubs and non-stop service to 13 major cities -Shuttle service to/from Fresno Yosemite International Airport provided by V-Line Shuttle, operates 6 times daily Bakersfield Airport: Located 60 miles from Visalia - Serviced by multiple carriers - AMTRAK serves Visalia through the Hanford Station, bus service from Visalia Transit Center