Facilities Our goal for this year’s World Gas Conference was to put on a world-class event in a world-class city. We exceeded that goal. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is the most impressive venue that has hosted any of our conferences. Destination DC and Events DC have truly exceptional, friendly and professional teams. All of our thousands of attendees were thrilled with being in Washington, DC for this year’s conference.” – Jay Copan, Executive Director, WGC 2018 by the numbers Sizing up the Walter E. Washington Convention Center 703,000 square feet of exhibition space across two levels and five exhibit halls 473,000 square-foot contiguous exhibit hall that can be subdivided into three halls 52,000 square-foot ballroom, the largest in the mid-Atlantic region 198,000 square feet of flexible meeting space with 77 breakout rooms 50 loading docks Attendees can enjoy free Wi-Fi access throughout the building, including exhibit halls and meeting rooms. Events DC owns, operates and manages the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square, RFK Stadium and surrounding Festival Grounds, Skate Park at RFK Stadium, the DC Armory, Nationals Park, Gateway DC Pavilion and R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center. The newest venue addition is the Entertainment and Sports Arena, which opened in October 2018. WASHINGTON.ORG | 37
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