City of the Week - Washington, D.C.
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 5/22/2006
Highlights
• The Capital Fringe Festival, Washington, D.C.'s first-ever celebration of experimental and innovative performing arts, is scheduled July 20–30. Performances will include theater, dance, music, poetry and other art forms.
Number of separate exhibit facilities
• 5
Total exhibit space
• 1 million sq. ft.
Largest venue
• Washington Convention Center (725,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space)
Last venue expansion
• WCC, opened in 2003
Number of convention hotel rooms
• 15,612 in 55 hotels
Average room rate
• $179 (2005)
Largest 2005 tradeshow
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting at 254,600 sq. ft. (WCC)
Sources: 2005 TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; 2006 TSW 200; Washington, D.C. Convention and Tourism Corp.
