Meetings and Conventions
Newport News, Where Great Things Are Happening! This vibrant city of more than 185,000, is the mid-point of the Atlantic Coast and at the center of the Hampton Roads area. It is served by interstate highways, rail, the Port of Hampton Roads, and three commercial airports. The city boasts more than 3,900 hotel rooms citywide that accommodate every budget, style and event. Coupled with nationally acclaimed museums, performing art centers and a copious selection of dining and shopping, Newport News is an electrifying city just waiting to be explored. All of this is surrounded by over 30 parks and historic sites to keep its hometown feeling!
Newport News is hi-tech!
More than 20 international firms have located in the City, including Siemens Automotive, Canon, Muller Martini, Wolseley North America/Ferguson Enterprises and Icelandic USA. And with two national laboratories, Jefferson Lab and NASA's Langley Research Center, along with Virginia's largest manufacturer and a world leader in naval, nuclear and systems technology, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, and the U.S. Army's largest transportation unit, Fort Eustis, Newport News is hi-tech!
Tour and Travel While Visiting
Make Newport News your meeting headquarters and experience it all! Centrally located in the heart of the Hampton Roads/Tidewater region of Virginia, Newport News is the ideal meeting destination, minutes from Williamsburg and a short drive to Virginia Beach. Only minutes away from some of Virginia's best attractions: Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Nauticus, the Virginia Air & Space Center, Yorktown Victory Center, The Mariner's Museum, the USS Monitor Center and the Virginia Living Museum, just to name a few.
Choose a Traditional or Special sites to hold your meeting
Traditional sites include our beautiful hotels, suites, inns and resorts. Many of our local attractions also offer meeting space to give that special touch that your guests will never forget. Some of these special sites include plantations, parks, museums, theaters and art centers.
Unique Facility Details
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Seating Capacity by Style |
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Square Feet |
Reception |
Banquet |
Theater |
Classroom |
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Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center
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17669
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445
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144
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400
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100
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Ferguson Center for the Arts
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100,000
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500
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250
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1676
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50
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Kiln Creek Golf Club
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-
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200
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200
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300
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30
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The Mariner's Museum
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40,000
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700
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500
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300
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120
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Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run
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7000
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350
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300
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-
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250
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Peninsula Fine Arts Center
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4222
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200
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85
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-
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-
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Virginia Living Museum
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28,000
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800
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300
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500
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63
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Virginia War Museum
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1000
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80
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50
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70
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50
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Yoder Barn Heritage Theater
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1387
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-
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50
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250
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50
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Hotel Details
For a comprehensive list of hotels in Newport News, visit our website at the aforementioned link.
Top 10 reasons to choose Newport News
for your next Meeting event:
- Great location and rich history. Just minutes from Williamsburg and a short drive to Virginia Beach and the Atlantic Ocean. Your group can experience the ships, the history and the great outdoors.
- Newport News offers many luxurious options for indulgence. Newport News' spas and salons offer services from facials to pedicures, making them true providers of head to toe luxury. You will find spas, salons and salon and spa combinations that allow you to choose the right kind of essential extravagance.
- Newport News has restaurants to suit every palette and budget. From coffeeshops or casual dining to delicious seafood and fine dining or ethnic atmospheres.
- One of the fastest growing shopping areas in the U.S., Newport News provides an ever-evolving mix of new and exciting retail experiences, offering guests from around the world a reason to visit again and again. Whether your shopping tastes lean toward the upscale and downtown or the laid-back and hometown, you'll find a place that fits your style.
- No matter what kind of outdoor adventure you are looking for, Newport News offers it all! Best of all, our brilliant weather coupled with our excellent location makes Newport News the perfect place to explore.
- Check out our Calendar of Events for a current listing of area events and festivals throughout the year.
- Entertainment opportunities you'll find in Newport News and the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area include; clubs, performing arts, movies and spectator sports. Many Newport News restaurants also offer regularly scheduled live entertainment.
- Today, Newport News pays tribute to the heroism of the Civil War with many historic homes, battle sites, fortifications, monuments and extraordinary collections of personal artifacts.
- For your convenience, you can purchase attraction tickets at the Newport News Visitor Center! For information call 757-886-7777 or toll-free at 1-888-493-7386.
- Choose Newport News, a Hi-Tech Hometown for your next meeting. Select from a traditional meeting space or a special location tailored just for your meeting that your guests will not forget!