Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center
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The Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, is located in Tacoma, Washington
and is accessible via Interstate 705
. The convention center
opened on 2004-11-13. It has over 118000 square feet (10,962.6 m²) of meeting and usable prefunction space which includes a 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²), column free exhibition hall, a 13650 sq ft (1,268.1 m²) ballroom, and eleven breakout rooms in varying sizes. There are 400 parking stalls on-site with over 2,400 more available at Tacoma Dome Station.
In September 2010, the GTCTC added Commerce Room, a meeting space adding over 1800 square feet (167.2 m²) to the center. The Commerce Room can be used by convention groups as an additional breakout room or on its own for smaller events with a capacity for 180 people.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
and is accessible via Interstate 705
Interstate 705
Interstate 705 is a short Interstate Highway spur route of Interstate 5 located entirely within Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States. I-705 serves as the connector between Interstate 5, Downtown Tacoma, Tacoma's waterfront, North Tacoma, and the Tacoma Dome...
. The convention center
Convention center
A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees...
opened on 2004-11-13. It has over 118000 square feet (10,962.6 m²) of meeting and usable prefunction space which includes a 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²), column free exhibition hall, a 13650 sq ft (1,268.1 m²) ballroom, and eleven breakout rooms in varying sizes. There are 400 parking stalls on-site with over 2,400 more available at Tacoma Dome Station.
In September 2010, the GTCTC added Commerce Room, a meeting space adding over 1800 square feet (167.2 m²) to the center. The Commerce Room can be used by convention groups as an additional breakout room or on its own for smaller events with a capacity for 180 people.