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Meeting Planners Are Most Welcome!
For big city proximity, easy accessibility, world-class golf courses and more, Chicago Southland is one of the most popular––and affordable––corporate destinations in America.
Just minutes from downtown Chicago, the Southland is a great place for meetings, conventions, banquets, reunions, sports events and team building with a wide variety of meeting and convention facilities, plus full-service properties offering business centers and executive lounges.
Numerous Meeting Spaces to Meet Your Specific Needs.
The Chicago Southland offers numerous meeting spaces to fit your event needs. A newly expanded convention center features 70,450 square feet of function space. Several full service hotels offer up to 20,000 square feet of meeting space and several community and civic centers offer up to 10,000 square feet of meeting space to host large events. Smaller spaces and breakout rooms are also abundant in the Chicago Southland to cater to smaller meeting needs.
One-Stop Shopping For Meeting & Event Planners.
Historically, events in the Chicago area experience record-breaking attendance. So as Chicago’s most affordable region, we offer meeting and event planners the convenience of one-stop shopping and the advantage of true Midwestern hospitality with:
• Full-service and limited service hotels: 70 properties with over 6,000 hotel rooms.
• Easy access to Interstates I-55, I-57, I-80, I-94, I-294 and I-355.
• Close proximity to Midway International Airport: 20 minutes; 40 minutes from O’Hare International Airport.
• FREE Parking throughout the Chicago Southland.
• A variety of free convention services, such as Name Badges, Welcome Banners and Table Tents.
• 7 nearby colleges and universities for additional meeting space as well as school-based events.
• A team building programs facility for your off-site office retreat or special function.
• 36 public and semi-private golf courses for corporate golf outings, group tournaments or family fun.
• Minutes away from nearby shopping, dining and other great attractions.
“Whenever we hold an event in the Southland area, I know I can count on the Chicago Southland CVB for wonderful support. It always makes my job of running a conference so much easier. Thanks for always being there for me.”
- Mary Lou Wetmore, Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management
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