Meeting Planners

Why Meet in the Buffalo Niagara region?

1. We’re affordable, accessible and convenient.

We’ve got a first class airport and plenty of low cost airlines – including Jet Blue and Southwest -- that make visiting our “City of Good Neighbors” as easy – and affordable – as can be. Not to mention that the airport is only minutes from area hotels and the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Buffalo is within a 500-mile radius of 55 percent of the U.S. population, making it an easy drive for many.

2. We’ve got great meeting facilities.

Choose from a variety of meeting-friendly hotels with extensive conference space when booking your Buffalo Conventions. For larger meetings, the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center is located in the heart of downtown Buffalo. Featuring 21 individual rooms complete with audio-visual and multi-media capabilities, the Convention Center offers a 64,000 square foot exhibition hall that can accommodate up to 7,000 people.

3. We’ve got great sports facilities.

When your competition takes place in Buffalo Niagara, everybody wins. Our facilities are rated among the nation’s best, hosting everything from high school invitationals to the World University Games to NCAA basketball and hockey.

4. You’ll Fall for the Falls

Buffalo is only 20 minutes from one of the Wonders of the World – Niagara Falls. You and your members will savor the awesome power of one of nature’s greatest masterpieces.

5. The Shopping is Hopping

Buffalo has malls and quaint neighborhood shopping districts to suit every taste. The recently-expanded Walden Galleria has more than 200 retailers while the Fashion Outlets of Niagara offers its customers 150 name brand outlets. Or sample the funky but chic shops in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village – recently named one of the top ten neighborhoods in the United States by the American Planning Association.

6. Great Local Cuisine

Buffalo’s the place where chicken wings first took flight and you can still find our homegrown specialty at the Anchor Bar, the restaurant that made them famous. Other regional treats include beef-on-weck, charbroiled hot dogs, spicy Italian sausages, scrumptious pierogies and sponge candy.

7. Service. Service. Service.

In Buffalo, we try harder. Book your next meeting, convention or amateur athletics event in Buffalo, and experience the Buffalo difference.

The Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a variety of services to help you plan your event in Buffalo. From arranging site inspections to coordinating press coverage, we'll make sure you experience the same first-class hospitality that keeps groups coming back to the City of Good Neighbors.

Here’s a sample of what you can expect:

Promotional Materials

To help you encourage potential attendees, we'll send you a Buffalo promotional video, slides and/or photographs, a four-color brochure that you can customize for your group, panel cards listing the top reasons to visit Buffalo, and Buffalo chicken wing recipe cards, all for free. Postcards and Buffalo embroidered stickers are available for a minimal charge.

Site Inspections

We'll arrange for a tour of hotels and other facilities you wish to inspect as you plan your next convention or event.

Convention Planning

The Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau can offer advice and suggestions on coordinating special tours, theme parties, spouse programs, entertainment, speakers, florists, audio-visual equipment and other functional (or just plain fun) components of our convention. We'll also help arrange for shuttle service for your group, if necessary.

Housing Arrangements

Our convention staff can help you find accommodations based on your group size, price range or location preference. For any group requiring 500 or more rooms, our computerized housing bureau will help you coordinate room pick-up and reservations, and provide you with a detailed report of accommodations and arrival/departure patterns.

Registration Assistance

Experienced personnel are available to do typing, cashiering, registration, hostessing, and restaurant reservations or information booth work. Name badges and holders are available for all convention delegates. Please contact your sales representative, or the Convention Sales Department, for additional information regarding pricing and guidelines.

Brochures & Collateral Materials

We offer a variety of materials for delegates, including Visitor Guides, information concerning tours and specialty shopping, a calendar of events, restaurant guides, downtown Buffalo map and Buffalo chicken wing recipe card. Plastic carrying bags and embroidered Buffalo stickers are available for a minimal fee.

Public Relations & Media

Our communications department will offer suggestions and advice for media coverage of your convention or event. If you need more extensive publicity, our Buffalo Media Guide features a list of local radio, newspaper and television contacts.

We’re here to make your event a success!