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TRUE WEST EXPERIENCES AWAIT AT THE SMALL MARKET MEETINGS CONFERENCE

BY DAN DICKSON

Great food and memorable experiences await attendees of the Small Market Meetings Conference in Cheyenne, Wyoming, September 26-28.

Aside from meeting with destination providers in the marketplace, meeting planners that attend the conference will get to enjoy special theme mealtimes and sightseeing tours of the host city. This conference will be a treat for many delegates that will be visiting this part of the country for the first time.

Tentatively planned for opening night on Sunday is a sampling of the annual summertime Cheyenne Frontier Days. It will take place in the brand-new events center adjacent to the world-famous rodeo arena.

“There will be live country music and a mini-rodeo in the arena for conference attendees to enjoy,” said Jim Walter, vice president of sales and marketing for Visit Cheyenne, the local convention and visitors bureau.

“A chuck-wagon-style dinner will be served to the attendees, and local beers and spirits will be available as well,” Walter said. “We will have Miss Frontier and her Lady in Waiting in attendance, and some rodeo athletes from the University of Wyoming and Laramie County Community College will put on an exciting show for us.”

On Monday, the second night of the conference, delegates will spread out in Downtown Cheyenne for a dine-around. The CVB will be working with various restaurants, breweries and bars to create a lively evening with good food, great drinks and live entertainment throughout the downtown district.

TERRIFIC TOURS

The Small Market Meetings Conference always features sightseeing tours in the host city, and delegates can choose from three such outings in Cheyenne. One will have an Old

THE SMALL MARKET MEETINGS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN CHEYENNE, A CITY KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS FRONTIER DAYS RODEO.

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West theme. It will feature the city’s popular and traditional Wild West Trolley Tour, where riders board trolleys for a narrated tour of Cheyenne with tales of muddy streets, cowboys, cattle, outlaws, railroads, shady politicians and ladies of the night. The tour will stop at the Depot Museum, the Botanic Gardens and the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum for participants to see and contemplate those three unique meeting and reception spaces.

Another tour option will be the Daddy of the Malt Tour. This will take delegates to Black Tooth Brewing Company, where they will see the inner workings of the brewery and be able to sample beers from Wyoming’s No. 1 brewery. Also, there will be a trolley running between three other breweries so delegates can taste the full array and selection of Cheyenne’s brewery scene.

A third tour option will take attendees to the Terry Bison Ranch. Participants will enjoy a short train ride right into the middle of a giant bison herd and will stop and feed a bison from the safety of the train. To add to this interesting stop, folks can shop for souvenirs at the trading post, enjoy a cold beer in Senator’s Steakhouse and Saloon or see a horseshoeing demonstration up close.

TO REGISTER FOR THE 2021 SMALL MARKET MEETINGS CONFERENCE IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING, SEPTEMBER 26-28, GO TO: SMMCONF.COM/REGISTRATION

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