Plan Your Meetings

Watch for:

• The Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center opened in February 2008 with 140,000 square feet of meeting, event and pre-function space; a 9,000-sq. ft. European spa; on-site dining; and a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre. Its convention center (formerly the Montgomery Civic Center) completed a $29 million expansion that added a 1,800-seat performing arts center and doubled the sized of the existing center.
• Across the street from the Renaissance and the Riverwalk Stadium is the $20+ million Alleyway Project, which is transforming the buildings along Tallapoosa and Commerce streets into a New Orleans-style streetscape. The first renovated warehouse-cum-restaurant is scheduled to open this spring. Attractions will include shops, restaurants, an art gallery and a piano bar.
• On Commerce Street, the state-of-the-art Children’s Museum of Alabama is scheduled to open within the next two years. The science and technology–themed museum will target children 10 years old and under, and will feature exhibits related to land and water, the human body and how things work.
• The 631-mile Alabama Scenic River Trail, the longest water trail in a single state, is open to the public.

Want to surround your group with culture?

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival produces contemporary and classic productions year-round. It is the only American theater company allowed to fly the flag of England’s Royal Shakespeare Company.

Want to break out of the boardroom?

The Mann Wildlife Learning Museum is a 28,000-sq. ft. natural history museum at the Montgomery Zoo; banquet space for formal dinners and casual picnics also are available. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has an amphitheater, an outdoor terrace and indoor gallery space. Old Alabama Town has several restored 19th and 20th century structures. The Montgomery Biscuits play games at the Riverwalk Stadium; group ticket and banquet facilities are available.

Want themed venues?

The Rosa Parks Library and Museum is dedicated to the Civil Rights activist. The Hank Williams Museum spotlights the legendary country singer and his music. The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Dexter Parsonage Museum are national historic landmarks where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began his journey as a spiritual and civil rights leader.

Want group dining?

Vintage Year has a seasonal menu, an award-winning wine list, and a private dining room for small groups. Dawson’s at Rose Hill serves Italian cuisine in an historic home. Bandana’s is available for private breakfast meetings, dinners and weekend gatherings; off-site catering is available from parent company A Social Event Catering. Nobles Restaurant & Lounge and The Olive Room are stylish restaurants with live music and catering departments. Other recommended restaurants include Sinclair’s, the Montgomery Brew Pub, which crafts its own ales, and the Young House, Jubilee Seafood and Silver Spoon Café, all of which have catering departments.