More than meets the eye

Don’t let our good looks fool you. With nearly 500,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, Colorado Springs might just surprise you.

Welcome to Colorado Springs, where our wide-open spaces, 300 days of endless blue skies and stunning scenery serve as the backdrop to your Rocky Mountain meetings and events.

Discover historic properties, unique venues and valuepriced, first-tier amenities. The Colorado Meetings & Events Incentive program has been extended, offering a 10% rebate on eligible hard costs. Here, you’ll find room to inspire, innovate, connect and re-energize.

4,012 hotel rooms with amazing views

More meeting space than 7 football fields

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The Visit Colorado Springs staff is ready to help. Our complimentary services include:

• Leads to hotels, checking availability and rates.

• Leads to service providers such as transportation and off-site events.

• Personalized site inspections and assistance in locating unique event sites.

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“We’re a retreat-type feel,” said Kathy Reak, vice president of sales at Visit Colorado Springs. “We don’t have the tall skyscrapers of a big city, we just have wide open spaces and stunning scenery, and it just makes people feel like when they come here, they can relax.”

The Broadmoor, one of the city’s largest venues, first opened in 1918. It’s a historic resort featuring lodging, restaurants, retail, two golf courses and a spa on its sprawling campus. In total, the Broadmoor offers 315,000 square feet of meeting space, including spaces like the ornate and historic main ballroom with banquet space for up to 240 attendees, and Bartolin Hall, a 93,5000-squarefoot exhibit hall. Another major meeting venue in Colorado Springs is Cheyenne Mountain, a Dolce Resort with 316 guest rooms, a golf course and 40,000 square feet of event space. Colorado Springs is also home to plenty of interesting off-site venues, such as the U.S. Olympic and Para-Olympic Museum, which features cutting-edge interactive exhibits celebrating the Olympic and Para-Olympic Games. visitcos.com

YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Located outside of Baltimore in Pennsylvania’s Dutch Country, York, Pennsylvania, acted as the nation’s first capital. The Articles of Confederation were drafted in York, giving today’s York County a rich history for visitors to explore. With an abundance of wine and spirit trails, artisan and

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factory tours, a charming downtown and idyllic Pennsylvania scenery, York County is a hidden gem. Its affordable prices and family-friendly attractions provide tons of ways for attendees of religious meetings to relax and have fun, such as dinner and a show at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre or checking out one of York County’s many annual festivals and fairs.

Despite its small size, York is equipped to handle a variety of meeting needs thanks to the York Expo Center, an 87-acre fenced campus of event space. It includes a 74,000-square-foot arena with column-free exhibit space or seating for up to 5,500 for large events. Additional spaces are available to be rented, such as the 17,000-square-foot Old Main room, which can seat 1,000 for a banquet, or the Verandah Room and Pennsylvania Room, each of which offers 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

There are also several full-service meeting hotels in York County. The Wyndham Garden York features 175 guest rooms and a nearly 8,000-square-foot ballroom, while the Heritage Hills Golf Resort has 15,000 total square feet of meeting space and on-site amenities, including a golf course and spa. Off-site venues for religious meetings include the Appell Center for the Performing Arts and the York County History Center.

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York County scenes, clockwise from left: Colonial Complex at York County History Center; York County History Center’s Agricultural and Industrial Museum; downtown York