Grand Wayne Convention Center
Downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana
Grand Wayne Convention Center has a well-deserved reputation for service beyond compare. Award-winning hosts, dedicated sales team, thoughtful and creative event managers, amazing in-house AV technicians, and exemplary set-up/change-over crews make every event planner’s job easier and more enjoyable. Nearly 80 percent of Grand Wayne Center’s events are based on repeat business. Here’s why:
The facility itself was expanded and enhanced in 2006 to encompass two city blocks with luxuriously appointed convention, exhibit, and meeting space. Sleek styling, natural light, and attention to detail in every inch of this 225,000 square foot facility come together for optimum comfort and creativity. The Center’s spaces are designed for accommodating, inviting flexibility: polished terrazzo corridors link fully-carpeted convention and meeting spaces with intuitive floor plans, easy move-in and accessibility. Each meeting space is independently climate controlled and offers customizable audio-visual capabilities; free WiFi connectivity is available throughout the building, and virtually any combination of set-up and effects is possible.
Grand Wayne Convention Center is designed to inspire and implement events from amazingly simple to simply amazing. The Convention Hall alone boasts 50,000 square feet of divisible, versatile, fully appointed space that welcomes as many as 3,100 banquet guests; 4,000 theater seats; 2,880 classroom participants; or 264 exhibitors. Additionally, the Center offers 18 meeting rooms, large public or pre-function areas with natural ambient light, and very accommodating drayage areas for efficient move-in, move-out logistics.
Food and beverage services come from Grand Wayne Center’s 12,000 square foot, fully equipped, professionally staffed kitchen. Trained chefs will create any culinary delight and are sensitive to special dietary requirements. From breakfast buffets to gourmet dinners for private parties, food and beverage is an important element in the success of Grand Wayne events.
Grand Wayne Center staff includes professionally trained and experienced, on-site audio-visual technicians and the capability to create virtually any mood or effect. The Center itself features an impressive list of available equipment and services for audio, lighting, production, telecommunications, and video options. Trade show and event items are available in packages or à la carte.
To the delight of Grand Wayne Center guests, the facility is located in the heart of downtown Fort Wayne and connected to two full service luxury hotels with 500 comfortably appointed guest rooms and covered garage parking. A variety of dining, shopping, attractions, nightlife, theaters, art galleries, sports venues, parks, and other attractions are within easy reach. Grand Wayne’s event managers are well acquainted with the area’s offerings and happy to help planners create off-site plans to supplement the experience of Grand Wayne guests.
The most frequent compliment given to Grand Wayne Convention Center staff is that the level of facility amenities, services, and hospitality far exceeds what is expected from a mid-size Midwest city. The fact is Fort Wayne is a convenient, easy day’s drive for nearly a third of the U.S. population and is readily accessible by air via Fort Wayne International Airport.
