C O N F E R E N C E V E N U E
GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER
Location
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd., NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313-1591
Phone: +1 404-223-4000
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Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, the Georgia World Congress Center is one of the nation's largest convention centers. Aside from its grandeur, the GWCC is renowned for its warm Southern hospitality and exceptional customer service. The experienced staff at the Congress Center is dedicated to exceeding your expectations during your visit. Click here to download the Center's map.
Information Desks
From the minute you enter the Georgia World Congress Center doors, the Information Desk attendant is ready and able to assist you with any questions or concerns. The GWCC has fully staffed Information Desks in the Buildings A, B and C entrance lobbies. The Information Desks also maintain an inventory of brochures and maps, serve as the GWCC lost and found and distribute wheelchairs for individuals in need of one.
Monitors
During your visit to the Georgia World Congress Center, keep an eye out for the monitors strategically placed throughout the facility. The monitors serve as the Congress Center's wayfinding system. Each event held here will have a slide with directions to its location. The monitors also direct visitors to other amenities located on site.
ATMs
Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) provided by Cardtronics are located throughout the Georgia World Congress Center. Avail, Plus, Honor, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, Cirrus and Alert cards are accepted.
FedEx Kinko's Business Centers
For your everyday office needs, the GWCC operates two full service FedEx Kinko's Business Centers in the Building B and C entrance lobbies. Each FedEx Kinko's offers you a place to copy, fax, bind, scan and print.
Wireless Internet
Laptop and PDA users will find no trouble accessing the Internet at the Georgia World Congress Center thanks to a new wireless network installed throughout the facility. Wireless Internet Zones are located throughout the common areas of the convention center, including all restaurants and eateries.
FUN FACTS
- The Congress Center's Building B exhibit halls are more than twice as long as Atlanta's highest skyscraper is high. From one end of these halls to the other, the earth curves 3/4 inch.
- Including meeting rooms, galleries, exhibit halls, kitchens and storerooms, there are more than 90 acres of floor area (3.9 million square feet) on multiple levels throughout the GWCC. The 33,000-square-foot Thomas Murphy Ballroom is on a level equal to that of an 11-story building.
- About 50 million kilowatts of electrical power are consumed annually at the Georgia World Congress Center - enough to supply the power needs for more than 3,000 homes each year.
- More than a million guests attend functions at the GWCC annually. As many as 125,000 have attended a single event. One of the larger single-dinner functions served more than 8,500 guests, who consumed 5,000 lbs. of beef tenderloin, 800 pecan pies and 3 tons of vegetables.
- The GWCC Building C entrance lobby is over 1,000 feet long, 80 feet wide and over 90 feet high, making it large enough to hold the Titanic (882 feet long, 92 feet 6 inches wide, and 60 feet 6 inches from the waterline to the main deck).
