Plan Your Meetings

Irving

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Watch for:

  • The five-story, 200-room NYLO Las Colinas will open in early 2009 on a five-acre plot at the corner of Royal Land and Sierra Drive.
  • The City of Irving Convention Center is expected to open in late 2009 with a 50,000-sq. ft. column-free exhibit hall and 40,000 additional square feet of meeting space. It will be Phase One of the 40-acre Las Colinas Live! entertainment district, which also will have a 300,000-sq. ft. concert hall, a 2,000-seat equestrian arena, a 140-room Watermark Hotel & Spa, themed restaurants and retail shops.
  • The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport Hotel (formerly the Harvey Hotel DFW Airport) completed renovations of its guest rooms.
  • The Four Seasons Resort and Club, Dallas at Los Colinas, opened 40 new villas and an outdoor event space, completed an expansion and renovation of its sports club and golf pro shop, and is renovating its TPC golf course.

Want to shake up a meal function?

Transport attendees through the Las Colinas Urban Center to a breakfast meeting or evening meal by gondola. Planners can create on-field banquets at The Texas Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys until 2009), hold locker room receptions, or reserve private dining and VIP seating areas. The La Cima Club, on top of Las Colinas, has views of the Dallas skyline from its banquet area and conference room.

Want to meet in a place with history?

The National Scouting Museum has a Norman Rockwell art gallery, virtual reality adventures, hands-on activities and exhibits on the history of the Scouting movement. Heritage Park has shade arbors, picnic areas, a gazebo, an antique caboose, and replicas of a settler cabin and a water tower.

Want high-tech amenities?

Texas Training and Conference Centers has training suites for PC-based seminars; many local hotels offer shuttles to and from the facility. Regus Group helps planners book meeting, conference and training rooms in full-service office complexes by the hour, half-day or day. ClubCorp Business Clubs have videoconferencing capabilities, e-lounges, workstations, and multimedia-capable meeting and conference rooms.

Want creative meeting facilities?

The Irving Arts Center has four galleries of contemporary and traditional art, a 10-acre outdoor sculpture garden, two theaters, and classroom, reception, meeting and rehearsal facilities. The Silverado Ranch specializes in Western-theme catered events and entertainment (cattle drives, dance bands, cowboy demonstrations); indoor/outdoor venues include barbecue pits, an indoor Western town and 1880s-themed music staging areas.

Want group activities?

Las Colinas Equestrian Center and Polo Club has horseback riding trails, lessons, horse shows, and polo matches from January-March and May-October. Two country clubs, Las Colinas Country Club and Hackberry Creek Country Club, have meeting and banquet space in addition to golf courses; the Four Seasons is home to the world-class TPC course. The Irving Heritage Society can arrange tours of historic homes and the downtown area, themed teas and educational programs.

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The 411:
  • 75+ hotels
  • 200,000 square feet of meeting space
  • 10,000+ meetings and events hosted per year
  • 11,000+ guest rooms
  • 15 minutes to Downtown Dallas
  • 20 minutes to Downtown Fort Worth
What you should know
  • Irving is 15 minutes from DFW International Airport, 20 minutes from Dallas Love Field Airport.
  • The city is home to several full-service meeting hotels, including the Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas at Las Colinas and the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas. The Mandalay Canal gives the city Venetian flair, complete with gondolas and singing gondoliers.
  • In 2009, a convention center is scheduled to open in Las Colinas with a 50,000-sq. ft. column-free exhibit hall and an additional 40,000 square feet of meeting space.