Planning an Event in Memphis
Memphis at a glance
Average hotel room cost
USD 117
Average meal cost
USD 59
Largest hotel
600 rooms
Total hotels
111
Total rooms
12,980
Number of convention centers
1
Convention center space
300,000 sq. ft.
Largest convention room
118,000 sq. ft.
Highlights of Memphis
1. An Authentic Music City
In Memphis, the Home of Blues, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll, live music rocks every night from Beale Street and colorful entertainment districts. By day, legendary music attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Sun Studio and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, invite tours. (They also double
2. Food That Feeds Your Soul
Memphis is known around the world for tender, dry-rubbed barbecue. Choose from 100-plus barbecue restaurants across the city, each with its own specialty, from char-grilled ribs to sandwiches piled high with saucy pulled pork. The city is also known for soul food and award-winning local chefs who co
3. Only-in-Memphis Experiences
Seeing Elvis Presley’s jumpsuits and jets at Graceland, and Isaac Hayes’ Cadillac at Stax, is just the beginning. The National Civil Rights Museum, riverboat tours on the Mississippi—plus a string of new riverfront parks, the largest Bass Pro Shops (inside the world’s 10th largest pyramid) and Memph
1. An Authentic Music City
In Memphis, the Home of Blues, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll, live music rocks every night from Beale Street and colorful entertainment districts. By day, legendary music attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Sun Studio and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, invite tours. (They also double
2. Food That Feeds Your Soul
Memphis is known around the world for tender, dry-rubbed barbecue. Choose from 100-plus barbecue restaurants across the city, each with its own specialty, from char-grilled ribs to sandwiches piled high with saucy pulled pork. The city is also known for soul food and award-winning local chefs who co
3. Only-in-Memphis Experiences
Seeing Elvis Presley’s jumpsuits and jets at Graceland, and Isaac Hayes’ Cadillac at Stax, is just the beginning. The National Civil Rights Museum, riverboat tours on the Mississippi—plus a string of new riverfront parks, the largest Bass Pro Shops (inside the world’s 10th largest pyramid) and Memph
Popular Destinations
Popular Convention Centers
Only 20 minutes from the airport, the Renasant Convention Center is a modern 300,000-square-foot complex in downtown Memphis that offers over 190,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space. Convention-goers have access to 46 separate rooms, which seat between 10 and 1,000 people and can be combined to create over 74,000 square feet of exhibit space. The convention center is comprised of two separate halls. The Main Hall offers over 125,000 square feet of space, and the South Hall has over 35,000 square feet, amounting to enough space for an impressive 650 10-foot-by-10-foot display booths. Additional highlights include the 2,100-seat Cannon Performing Arts Center and a 28,000-square-foot ballroom with attached kitchen. The 125,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall features a beautiful outdoor terrace affording striking views of the Mississippi River. All of the convention center facilities have been updated with the latest audio-visual and computer conferencing technologies, while on-site catering is available through the 600-Sheraton Hotel Downtown Memphis, which is connected to the center by a covered walkway. Nearly 3,000 hotel rooms are within close proximity to the convention center, though guests who prefer not to walk have no trouble finding parking in the center's three levels of parking for 1,000 cars or at one of the 2,000 spaces in adjacent lots.
Convention center space
118000 sq. ft.
Largest room space
118000 sq. ft.
Largest exhibit space
118000 sq. ft.
Only 20 minutes from the airport, the Renasant Convention Center is a modern 300,000-square-foot complex in downtown Memphis that offers over 190,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space. Convention-goers have access to 46 separate rooms, which seat between 10 and 1,000 people and can be combined to create over 74,000 square feet of exhibit space. The convention center is comprised of two separate halls. The Main Hall offers over 125,000 square feet of space, and the South Hall has over 35,000 square feet, amounting to enough space for an impressive 650 10-foot-by-10-foot display booths. Additional highlights include the 2,100-seat Cannon Performing Arts Center and a 28,000-square-foot ballroom with attached kitchen. The 125,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall features a beautiful outdoor terrace affording striking views of the Mississippi River. All of the convention center facilities have been updated with the latest audio-visual and computer conferencing technologies, while on-site catering is available through the 600-Sheraton Hotel Downtown Memphis, which is connected to the center by a covered walkway. Nearly 3,000 hotel rooms are within close proximity to the convention center, though guests who prefer not to walk have no trouble finding parking in the center's three levels of parking for 1,000 cars or at one of the 2,000 spaces in adjacent lots.
Convention center space
118000 sq. ft.
Largest room space
118000 sq. ft.
Largest exhibit space
118000 sq. ft.