Within the greater Bridgeport area about 1,000 hotel rooms are available for a variety of functions. Small conventions can be handled by the new Arena at Harbor Yard with capacity seating of 10,000 guests and 6,000 theater-style along with room for 150 standard-size trade show booths. The Holiday Inn Bridgeport Hotel & Conference Center offers 8,500 square feet of function space, including a 5,000-square-foot ballroom, five breakout rooms, and an executive board room. The Inn, which has 234 sleeping rooms, can accommodate meetings of 16 to 500. The Stratford Ramada Inn has 6,500 square feet of exhibit space, 7 meeting rooms, and 145 sleeping rooms.
Convention Information: Coastal Fairfield County Convention & Visitor Bureau, 297 West Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850; telephone (203)853-7770; toll-free (800)866-7925; fax (203)853-7775; email info@coastalct.com