Houston, Texas: SpaceCity offers infinite possibilities for meetings.As the fourth-largest city in the United States, Houston is a leader in business, entertainment, the arts, and so much more. Visit Houston, and you'll understand why it is a city of infinite possibilities. MEETING SPACE When the expansion is complete this fall, the George R. Brown Convention Center The George R. Brown Convention Center was opened on September 26, 1987 on the east side of downtown Houston. The center was named for the prominent Houstonian George R. Brown, an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist. will offer more than 1 million square feet of meeting and convention space. The Hilton Americas-Houston Hotel, also scheduled for a fall completion, will have 1,200 guest rooms, meeting and retail space, and skywalks to the George R. Brown Convention Center. The central business district contains 5,000 hotel rooms. An additional 43,000 hotel rooms are located within the metropolitan area. Reliant Center, located in Reliant Park and close to the medical center, has mare than 700,000 square feet of convention and meeting space. Reliant Stadium is the world's first retractable-roof National Football League stadium and has 69,500 seats. DOWNTOWN SPACE The National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). winning franchise, the Houston Rockets, will move to a new downtown arena this fall. One of the finest baseball parks in America, Minute Maid Park • • [ , which features a retractable roof, is home to the Houston Astros. The Downtown Aquarium, an underwater dining and entertainment adventure, features 500,000 gallons of marine life, several themed restaurants, a Ferris wheel, boardwalk, dancing fountains, and more. At Bayou Place, you can take in a movie, enjoy a cocktail, or dine at one of many restaurants. THEATER SPACE With 12,000 theater seats, Houston is second only to Broadway. Houston boasts numerous performing arts companies including the Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is a Houston, Texas-based opera company. It was founded in 1955. David Gockley was its longtime general director, serving 33 years from 1972 to 2005 before moving to the San Francisco Opera on January 1, 2006. , Houston Symphony, Alley Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, and the Society for the Performing Arts. The new Hobby Center for the Performing Arts The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas, USA. Opened to the public in 2002, the theater is located downtown on the edge of the Houston Theater District. features two theaters and is home to Theatre Under the Stars. SPORTS SPACE Houston has sports fever 12 months of the year. The city boasts every major professional sports team, including * The Houston Texans--National Football League * The Houston Astros--Major League Baseball * The Houston Rockets--National Basketball Association * The Houston Aeros--International Hockey League * The Houston Comets--Womens National Basketball Association Or you can hit the links on more than 185 public and private golf courses, 365 days a year. MUSEUM SPACE Explore a world of art, history, and nature in the fourth-largest museum district in the United States, which features 15 world-class museums including the Houston Museum of Natural Science The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a science museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, USA. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society and Houston's Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. . FUN SPACE Have some out-of-this-world fun at Space Center Houston Space Center Houston, located in Houston, Texas, is the official visitors center of the Johnson Space Center. Space hardware Space Center Houston is home to space artifacts and hardware including:
OUTDOOR SPACE Love the great outdoors? SpaceCity has more than 20,500 acres of green and growing city parks. Enjoy the great outdoors in Clear Lake, just 30 minutes from downtown Houston. Relax on a sailboat or have dinner and some fun on the Kemah Boardwalk or head to miles of sun-drenched beaches Galveston an hour from downtown Houston. HEALING SPACE Miracles happen daily at the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest health care complex. The medical center is the largest medical campus in the world, with 42 nonprofit institutions including MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United States. . St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital  This hospital-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by [expanding it].St. , home to the Texas Heart Institute, is the site for more heart surgeries than any hospital in the world. UPCOMING EVENTS SpaceCity will soon host the following world-class events: Tennis Masters Cup The Tennis Masters Cup is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings. Unlike all the other events on the men's tour, the Tennis Masters Cup is not a straightforward knock-out tournament. , Westside Tennis Club, November 8-16, 2003; Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, February 1, 2004; Major League Baseball All-Star Game The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the respective managers , Minute Maid Park, July 13, 2004. Contact the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau to learn how we can help make your convention in SpaceCity a world-class production. CONTACT Wayne Chappell, Vice President of Convention Sales and Services Phone: 713-437-5200 E-mail: wchappell@ghcvb.org Web site: www.houston-spacecityusa.com |
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