City of the Week: Phoenix
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 7/18/2005
Number of separate exhibit facilities 3
Total exhibit space 607,800 sq. ft.
Number of convention hotel rooms 55,000 in 376 hotels
Average room rate $118.90
Hotel room tax 12%
Current hotel occupancy 75.6%
Largest 2004 tradeshow Cattle Industry Annual Convention & Trade Show at 105,000 net sq. ft. (Phoenix Convention Center, formerly Phoenix Civic Plaza)
Distance from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl. Airport to the PCC 5 miles
Sources: 2004 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau
