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Buffalo Convention Center

One Convention Center Plaza, Buffalo, NY, USA, 14202
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About us

Buffalo Convention Center is conveniently located in the heart of Downtown Buffalo. With over 110,000 square feet of flexible meeting and exhibit space, we can accommodate meetings, conventions, trade shows, special events and more. Our superb in-house catering along with our excellent customer service makes us the perfect choice for your next event. Buffalo Convention Center offers you access to great accommodations, shopping, thriving nightlife, world class theater, state-of-the-art sports facilities and a host of exciting restaurants and just minutes from the Buffalo Niagara Airport and Niagara Falls. We are connected by enclosed walkway to the Hyatt Regency Buffalo and within easy walking distance of a variety of hotels with various price points.

Venue Details

ChainIndependent / Other
BrandIndependent
Built-
Renovated2023
Total meeting space38,459 sq. ft.
Guest Rooms-
Venue typeConvention center

Amenities

Room features and guest services
  • Internet access
Facilities
  • Onsite catering
  • Onsite security
  • Wheelchair accessible
Business services
  • AV capabilities
  • Business center
  • Video conference
Transportation
  • Bus
  • Subway
  • Taxi
  • Train
Equipment
  • Dance floor
  • Loading dock
  • Piano
  • Portable walls
  • Staging area

Meeting rooms

Total meeting space
38,459 sq. ft.
Largest room
64,410 sq. ft.
Meeting rooms
21
Second largest room
32,000 sq. ft.
Exhibit space
64,410 sq. ft.
Seating capacity
7,000
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Meeting space

Name
Room size
Ceiling height
Maximum capacity
Banquet rounds
Theater
Classroom
Boardroom
Exhibit Hall
64,410 sq. ft.
392 x 160 sq. ft.
35 ft.
7000
5000
7000
3500
-
Ballroom
12,365 sq. ft.
149 x 83 sq. ft.
10.6 ft.
1400
1000
1400
800
-
Lobby
8,760 sq. ft.
146 x 60 sq. ft.
7.9 ft.-----
Lobby Lounge
1,078 sq. ft.
14 x 77 sq. ft.
7.9 ft.-----
Room 101
13,064 sq. ft.
142 x 92 sq. ft.
10.6 ft.
1600
900
1600
600
-
101A
1,392 sq. ft.
29 x 48 sq. ft.
10.6 ft.-----
101B
1,920 sq. ft.
-
10.6 ft.-----
101C
2,112 sq. ft.
-
10.6 ft.-----
101D
1,392 sq. ft.
-
10.6 ft.-----

Location

Getting Here

Distance from airport 10 mi
Parking in the area
Paid parking
Valet parking
Street parking
Bus parking

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Buffalo Niagara's premier shopping destination with over than 200 stores, 10 sit-down restaurants, an international food court and Regal Cinemas Stadium 16! Walden Galleria is a two-level shopping, dining and entertainment location that offers a little something for everyone! Walden Galleria has a Customer Service kiosk located on the upper level outside of Macy's. Walden Galleria hosts a mall walkers club, a community room and several restrooms within the mall. Please visit our website for mall hours including our extended holiday hours. Located on Walden Avenue, I-90, exit 52 east or west. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas days.
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Elmwood Shopping District
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Named one of the "10 Great Neighborhoods in America" by the American Planning Association, the Elmwood Village is one of the Buffalo's top shopping and entertainment districts. Bordered by the city's museum district on one end and Allentown on the other, Elmwood Avenue features a host of boutiques, coffee shops, bars, art galleries and restaurants.
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Allentown
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"In the end it is easier to experience Allentown than to describe it," remarked one neighborhood publication almost four decades ago. How true this observation rings today. Simultaneously high society and bohemian, the Allentown Historic Preservation District located in Buffalo, New York boasts one of the best examples of urbanism in Western New York. Designated a local preservation district in 1978 and listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1980, Allentown is one of the first and largest residential historic districts in the United States. The Allentown Historic Preservation District is bound by North Street to the north, Main Street to the East, Edward Street to the South, and Plymouth to the West, and is walking distance from downtown Buffalo, the West Village, the Elmwood Village, the Fruit Belt neighborhood, and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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Buffalo, New York is the home to America's oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways, designed by the renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), in concert with his partner Calvert Vaux and other subsequent partners. Today the majority of Olmsted's designs in Buffalo are substantially intact and represent one of the largest bodies of work by the master landscape architect. The Olmsted designed portions of the Buffalo park system are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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J. Edward Nash House
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J. Edward Nash was the pastor of the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church from 1892 until his retirement in 1953. Rev. Nash's leadership and presence in Buffalo's African-American community during 50 years of the 20th century earned him legendary status in the community. Rev. Nash wrote many sermons and letters in his study at 36 Nash Street. Those letters and sermons play an integral part of Buffalo's African-American community history. Many of the nationally known African-American leaders that Rev. Nash brought to Buffalo were houseguests at the Nash home
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Nightlife
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Sustainable Practices

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Diversity and Inclusion

For US hotels only, is Buffalo Convention Center and/or parent company certified as a 51% diverse owned business enterprise (BE)? If yes, please indicate which one of the following you are certified as:
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Health and Safety

Were practices at Buffalo Convention Center developed based on health service recommendations from public governmental entities or private organizations? If Yes, please list which organizations were used to develop these practices.
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