Smart Meetings

Today, Sacramento is California's cosmopolitan state capital, home to great restaurants, shopping, performing arts, and museums - with just enough well-preserved history to deliver a truly unique meeting experience.

So why pick Sacramento for your next convention, trade show, meeting or event? Here are a few reasons why Sacramento meeting planning is so easy:

• Flexible, affordable meeting and event space at the 384,000-sq. ft. Sacramento Convention Center, the 350-acre indoor/outdoor facilities of Cal Expo, historic Memorial Auditorium, Arco Arena (home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings), and many full-service hotels make Sacramento meeting planning a cinch with so many great facilities to choose from.
• More than 10,000 hotel rooms offering great value whether you're meeting downtown (with 1,500 rooms and two major convention center hotels - Hyatt Regency and Sheraton Grand), at the Cal Expo/Point West area (brands like Hilton, DoubleTree, Radisson and Red Lion), or anywhere in the region. Sacramento is perfect for groups needing 50 to 1,500 peak room nights!
• The cosmopolitan amenities of California's capital city - museums, performing arts, fine dining, exciting nightlife, professional sports, and great shopping. Sacramento is a city as modern as it is historic!
• Unique "Gold Rush"-era heritage with the 28-acre Old Sacramento historic district along the Sacramento riverfront, home to numerous restaurants, retail shops, the Embassy Suites and Delta King hotels, and one of the world's premier railroad attractions - the California State Railroad Museum.
• Easy access from California and throughout the United States. Sacramento International Airport is served by more than a dozen airlines and 150+ daily flights, and the airport is located less than 15 minutes from downtown. Sacramento is also located at the junction of Interstate 80 and Interstate 5, giving drivers plenty of ways to get here.
• Warm summers and mild winters, leading to year-round fun outdoors (always a bonus before, after and even during meeting times!). The Sacramento region boasts numerous golf courses, fabulous wine tasting, hiking and biking along the 23-mile American River Parkway, and world-class white water river rafting.
• Location, location, location - Sacramento is situated in the center of Northern California, less than two hours driving time to San Francisco, Napa Valley, and Lake Tahoe (and about four hours from Yosemite Valley).

That's why we say when meeting professionals discover Sacramento, they discover gold!