Planning an Event in Marquette
Marquette got its start with heavy industry (especially iron).
Marquette at a glance
Average hotel room cost
USD 83
Average meal cost
USD 46
Total hotels
12
Total rooms
891
Convention center space
0 sq. ft.
Highlights of Marquette
1. Highlight 1
Marquette got its start with heavy industry (especially iron), which made it an important transportation hub with rail lines and a ferry port on Lake Superior. These helped make Marquette the largest city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or UP for short.
2. Highlight 2
The aforementioned Superior Dome is among the chief convention venues in Marquette; it hosts lots of sports but also meetings in space that can seat 8,000 persons and accommodate 16,000. NMU also has the Vandament Area and Berry Events Center.
3. Highlight 3
Marquette got its start with heavy industry (especially iron), which made it an important transportation hub with rail lines and a ferry port on Lake Superior. These helped make Marquette the largest city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or UP for short.