City of the Week - Orlando
By Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 5/1/2006
Highlights
- Veranda Park, a 1.6 million sq. ft. mixed-use lifestyle center, is slated to open in Orlando's MetroWest area in mid-2008. The Italian-themed venue is expected to feature condominiums, office space, a hotel, restaurants, a 14- to 20-screen movie theater, nightclubs, an amphitheater, imported Renaissance sculptures, fountains and moonlit rides in hand-carved gondolas.
Number of separate exhibit facilities
- 17
Total exhibit space at venues
- 3.8 million sq. ft.
Largest venue
- Orange County Convention Center (2.1 million sq. ft. of exhibit space)
Last venue expansion
- 1 million sq. ft. OCCC expansion in 2003
Space rate at OCCC
- 14 cents per net sq. ft. per day for move-in and move-out; 67 cents per net sq. ft. per day on show days, up to four days
Occupancy rate at OCCC
- 66% (2005)
Number of convention hotel rooms
- 113,000 in 500 hotels
Average room rate
- $92 (2005)
Hotel occupancy
- 70.7% (2005)
Largest 2005 tradeshow
- THE INTL. BUILDERS' SHOW/TecHOMExpo at 887,661 sq. ft. (OCCC)
Shows next week at OCCC
- Intl. Pow Wow (May 8-10); Intl. Juvenile Products Manufacturers Assn. Show (May 8-10)
Number of hotels within one mile of OCCC
- 67
Sources: 2006 TSW 200; Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau
