University Place Conference Center & Hotel Indianapolis: One of Indianapolis' Finest Conference Centers

The University Place Conference Center & Hotel Indianapolis is located on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), an urban university only blocks from downtown Indianapolis. The conference center is easily accessible from Interstates 65, 70, 74 and 69, which run through downtown Indianapolis. It is nine miles from the Indianapolis International Airport. Several bus lines also service the area near the hotel. A free shuttle service runs from the hotel and conference center to popular nearby locations, both on and off the university campus.

The hotel at University Place features 278 rooms, furnished with comfortable and ergonomic furniture for the business traveler. There is plenty of seating space, and each room has wired and wireless high-speed Internet access, a refrigerator and coffeemaker, a 32-inch flat panel television and ample desk space. Rooms are priced reasonably and competitively.

University Place Conference Center & Hotel has received Successful Meetings magazine's Pinnacle Award for Best Conference Center in the Midwest five times. The conference facilities at the center at University Place are state-of-the-art. All rooms are set up for wireless Internet access, and several rooms have high-tech audio/visual systems designed to handle any type of presentation. The center can handle groups from several hundred people down to just a handful. Onsite technical and planning specialists are available to assist with any problems. Also available are staff caterers, including professional chefs and servers, for anything from refreshments to a full, four-course, sit-down banquet.

A brief list of meetings - spanning subjects from medicine to engineering to political science - that have been held at University Place shows the variety of assignments the center can accommodate:

The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Symposium: Safeguarding America

The I.U. Kelley School of Business Ciber BRIC Symposium

Gender, Race, and Religion in the 2008 Elections

IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium

The Symposium in Women's Health Issues for the Primary Care Provider

The hotel offers two onsite restaurants - the Chancellor's Restaurant and Our Den. The Chancellor's Restaurant is an upscale-casual eatery designed for businesspeople and other professional travelers. The cuisine is American and the restaurant offers a wine list. Our Den, on the other hand, is a sports bar with televisions, comfortable seating and casual "bar food.'' Other features of the hotel and conference center are its seven lobbies, which are available for receptions or exhibitions; and the National Art Museum of Sport, the nation's largest assembly of sports-themed artwork.

The hotel is not only used for meetings and conferences, however. Its convenient location makes it a draw for tourists visiting Indianapolis. The hotel is near many of downtown's attractions, as well as the home fields of the Indianapolis Colts and the Indiana Pacers. Most guest reviews on the Internet are favorable. The interior was described as "fresh, modern, and very colorful,'' and rooms were "spacious and clean,'' although, as a conference center, one guest said, "I wouldn't recommend it for families with kids.'' The free shuttle and friendly service also received frequent praise from guests.