City of the Week - Philadelphia

Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 1/9/2006

Highlights

•The City of Brotherly Love in 2005 celebrated the opening of the Adventure Aquarium, which features hippopotamuses, free-flying birds and crocodiles. This spring, the city will open its $20 million Big Cat Falls at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Number of separate exhibit facilities

•5

Total exhibit space at venues

•693,200 sq. ft.

Largest venue

•Pennsylvania Convention Center (440,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space)

Venue expansion and/or renovation

•The PCC plans to add 260,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space by 2008

Space rate at PCC

•$1.25 per sq. ft.

Largest 2005 tradeshow

•AIIM ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition with 247,600 net sq. ft. (PCC)

Longest-running show

•The semiannual Buyers Market of American Craft, since 1987

Sources: 2005 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau; Internet Movie Database