The two curved blue-glass towers of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, the taller one topped with a red Marriott sign, against a clear blue sky

Exhibitor guide · San Diego, CA · Updated Oct 2026

Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Exhibitor Guide

Also known as San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina; formerly the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina and, at its 1984 opening, the Inter-Continental San Diego

The twin towers beside the San Diego Convention Center hide two ballrooms of exactly the same size, stacked in a 2016 building: the Marriott Grand Ballroom with a 26 ft ceiling and the Pacific Ballroom with 16 ft. Which one your show is in decides how tall you can build. Supplier expos such as HARDI run here on their own, not as overflow from next door.

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Photo: the hotel's two curved glass towers on the bay, under an older Marriott sign. “Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA” by Juan Carlos!, CC BY 2.0. Source

35,631sq ft each: the Marriott Grand and Pacific ballrooms
26 ftGrand Ballroom ceiling · the Pacific is 16 ft
1378 × 10 ft booths in the hotel's listed onsite exhibit space
1,366rooms in two 25-story towers
0.1 mito the San Diego Convention Center next door
~450slips in the hotel's own marina

Quick answers

What exhibitors ask about the Marriott Marquis San Diego

Does the Marriott Marquis have an exhibit hall?Ballrooms, used as one.

Expos run in the Pacific Ballroom (AUTM 2027) or the Marriott Grand Ballroom (ASDS 2026). The old Marriott Hall was torn down; its replacement opened in 2016.

How tall can my booth be?It depends on the ballroom.

The Grand Ballroom ceiling is 26 ft and the Pacific's is 16 ft (one 2024 show listed 12 ft). Shows often set lower limits: ASDS 2026 allows 8 ft inline and no hanging signs.

Is it part of the convention center?No, but next door.

The hotel is about 0.1 mile from the San Diego Convention Center. Big center shows such as Comic-Con also use its ballrooms, but its own expos follow the hotel's and the show's rules.

Can I ship to the hotel?Not exhibit freight.

The hotel package room does not accept exhibitor freight. Ship to the contractor's warehouse, or to the show site only from move-in day.

The San Diego Convention Center seen from above on a busy show day, with white tents, crowds on the lawn and traffic on Harbor Drive — The convention center next door on a busy show day, with tents on the lawn along Harbor Drive. “San Diego Convention Center” by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Only at the Marriott Marquis

Marriott Marquis and the San Diego Convention Center: next door, but its own show floor

The Marquis was here first and stands closest to the convention center of the big bay hotels. That makes it two venues in one: a walking hotel and session space for center shows, and a self-contained expo venue with its own ballrooms, Encore services and rules.

1984The first tower opened five years before the convention center, which arrived in 1989.
0.1 mito the center along Harbor Drive. The Convention Center trolley station, across from Hall A, is a few minutes' walk.
2016A $107 million ballroom building replaced the old 23,000 sq ft Marriott Hall. Coastal rules widened the public walkway to the Hyatt next door.
Comic-ConSince 2016 the center's biggest show has used the new ballrooms for registration, anime and its film festival.
Own rulesHotel expos order power from Encore and freight from the show's contractor. The center's union agreement and exclusive services do not carry over.

See the halls next door in our San Diego Convention Center guide, and the hotel beyond in our Manchester Grand Hyatt guide.

The building

From the Inter-Continental to the Marquis

Doug Manchester built the first tower as the Inter-Continental, years before the convention center opened. Marriott took it over in 1987, and Host Hotels & Resorts has owned it since 2008.

Aerial view of a downtown San Diego marina packed with white boats, a park peninsula curving around it, glass hotel towers at right and the bay beyond — The hotel's marina and Embarcadero Marina Park from above, with the convention center at lower right. “Port of San Diego's Public Parks” by Port of San Diego, CC BY 2.0. Source

Downtown San Diego towers, including a round glass tower and a taller glass tower, rising behind a marina full of yachts on a gray day — The Marquis towers (center) above the marina, with the Manchester Grand Hyatt at left and the convention center at right. “San Diego” by sergei.gussev, CC BY 2.0. Source

Older aerial photo of the San Diego waterfront showing a marina, a park peninsula, a single dark hotel tower and cleared land beside the rail yards — An older Port of San Diego aerial of the waterfront, with one hotel tower beside the marina and open land where the convention center was later built. “San Diego Bay’s Waterfront Transformation” by Port of San Diego, CC BY 2.0. Source

1984The North Tower opens in April as the Inter-Continental San Diego, with 681 rooms.
1987Marriott takes over in September; the South Tower opens in December and makes it the city's largest hotel.
1989The San Diego Convention Center opens next door.
2008Host Hotels & Resorts buys the hotel; Marriott keeps running it.
2011It is renamed San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina.
2016The $107 million ballroom building opens on June 28, replacing Marriott Hall.
2023A renovation of all rooms, the lobby and the ballrooms is finished in March.

Badge-wearing attendees walking a busy aisle past exhibitor tables in the Small Press area of the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con

Comic-Con next doorAisles a lobby away

Fans filling the stands at Petco Park on a sunny game day, seen from the outfield seats

Petco ParkBall games after load-in

Visitors strolling the bayside lawn and paths of Seaport Village under red-tiled roofs on a sunny day

Seaport VillageLunch on the bay walk

Photos: "San Diego Comic-Con 2014 - Exhibit Hall" by W10002, CC BY-SA 2.0 Source · "Petco Park" by EmilyGrace Photography, CC BY 2.0 Source · "Sunny Day at Seaport Village" by jeffrey tucker, CC BY 2.0 Source

Ballrooms & meeting space

Marriott Marquis San Diego floor plan: Grand, Pacific, Marina and San Diego ballrooms

The two big ballrooms sit one above the other in the 2016 building between the towers and the water, under the rooftop Marina Terrace. Two smaller ballrooms are in the towers. The diagram stacks the 2016 building and draws each room's height to its ceiling.

26 ft ceiling, Marriott Grand Ballroom
Ground level of the 2016 building

Schematic, not to scale: box heights follow ceiling height, but rooms are not drawn where they really sit. The Grand Ballroom is on the lobby level (ASDS 2026 floor plan) and the Pacific is the ground-floor ballroom (2016 reports; the engineer lists a lower exhibit-hall level). Room sizes from the hotel's capacity chart. Official floor plans and CAD files come from the hotel's event team or your show's contractor.

Recent and upcoming show floor plans

Official floor plans from the organizers of shows in the Marquis's Grand and Pacific ballrooms. Every show draws its own layout, aisles and booth numbers, so use these to see how a real show fills the rooms, then work from your own show's plan.

Links go to the organizers' floor-plan systems and files (a2z, ExpoFP, MapYourShow, a FinOps Foundation PDF) and open outside this site. Checked October 16, 2026; plans change as booths sell.

Marriott Marquis San Diego ballrooms, room by room
Ballroom	Floor area	Size	Ceiling	Sections	Foyer
Marriott Grand	35,631 sq ft	240′ × 150′	26 ft	1–13	26,729 sq ft
Pacific	35,631 sq ft	240′ × 150′	16 ft (12 ft in one 2024 kit)	14–26	19,170 sq ft
Marina (South Tower)	15,111 sq ft	207′ × 73′	16 ft	Salons D–G	7,219 sq ft
San Diego (North Tower)	14,359 sq ft	191′ × 74′	12 ft 6 in	Salons A–C	3,648 sq ft

The hotel lists about 271,000 sq ft of event space in 82 rooms (Visit San Diego counts 280,000 sq ft indoors and out). Theater capacity is 3,718 in the Grand Ballroom and 3,438 in the Pacific. Loading dock bays, freight elevators and floor loads are not published.

26,450sq ft Marina Terrace on the roof of the ballroom building

16,240sq ft Coronado Terrace, outdoors by the bay

82event rooms in all, most small rooms with 7–10 ft ceilings

2023renovation of all rooms, the lobby and the ballrooms, finished in March

Freight & move-in

Marriott Marquis San Diego loading dock and freight

Get directions to Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina →

No exhibit freight at the package roomThe hotel package room does not accept exhibitor freight. Shipments that reach the hotel before move-in day pick up venue fees on top of handling.
Contractor by showEach show brings its own general contractor: Shepard for ASDS 2026 (advance warehouse shipments), Expo Outfitters for ODs on Finance 2027. Your kit names the warehouse and the cutoff.
Tight move-in windowsODs on Finance 2027 gives booths a Wednesday evening advance set-up (6–11 p.m., pallets in by 8 p.m.) and a Thursday 7 a.m.–2 p.m. move-in, with the hall open that afternoon.
Big-booth early set-upASDS 2026 lets booths of 400 sq ft or more set up a day early. Ask your show for the same if you bring a large island.
Dock details not publishedEvent floor plans only show a loading dock bay. Bay counts, door sizes and freight elevators are not published, so ask the hotel's event team before you build large pieces, above all for the Grand Ballroom on the lobby level.

Day −60Find out which ballroom you are in: 26 ft Grand or 16 ft Pacific. Then size the booth.
Day −45Check the show's height and hanging-sign rules; ASDS 2026 bans hanging signs.
Day −30Order power, AV and Wi-Fi through the hotel's Encore EventNow site.
Day −21Purple ships to San Diego through our carrier network, to the contractor's advance warehouse.
Day −14Warehouse cutoff in your kit. Nothing goes to the hotel package room.
Day 0Move-in day: direct show-site freight accepted from today.

Labor & rules

Marriott Marquis San Diego labor rules: what your team can do itself

California is not a right-to-work state. The hotel publishes no exhibitor labor rules, and one older kit here bound exhibitors to "all contracts… labor agreements" of the show. So each show's contractor sets who may build your booth. The rules below come from recent kits at the hotel; your own kit is the final word.

✓What shows here allow

Standard booths of 8 × 10 or 10 × 10 ft with 8 ft back drape and 3 ft side rails
Inline booths up to 8 ft at ASDS 2026
Early set-up for booths of 400 sq ft or more (ASDS 2026)
Self-setup or your own I&D company: check your show kit

●Exclusives and contractors

Encore: power, AV and Wi-Fi, ordered through the hotel's EventNow site
The show's contractor: freight, furnishings and booth labor (Shepard at ASDS 2026, Expo Outfitters at ODs on Finance 2027)
Hotel catering: all food and drink in the hall

!Not allowed

Hanging signs at ASDS 2026
Exhibit freight sent to the hotel package room
Show-site deliveries before move-in day
Outside food and drink without hotel approval

Background photo: "San Diego Comic Con" by vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0 Source

The calendar

Marriott Marquis San Diego events 2026–2027: trade shows

HVAC distribution, medicine, university tech transfer and optometry all run their own expos in the hotel's ballrooms. Confirm dates, ballroom and contractor with each organizer.

Nov5–8

ASDS Annual Meeting

Dermatologic surgery · 130+ companies in the Grand Ballroom · Shepard · 2026

Dec7–10

HARDI Annual Conference

HVACR distribution · Booth Program of 254 suppliers, waitlisted · 2026

Feb21–24

AUTM Annual Meeting

University tech transfer · exhibit hall in the Pacific Ballroom · 2027

May14–16

AACE Annual Meeting

Clinical endocrinology · exhibits May 14–15 · 2027

Sep16–18

ODs on Finance Summit

Optometry practice owners · exhibit hall two afternoons · 2027

Dates from each organizer. Also at the hotel: the MCAA Annual Convention (March 7–11, 2027), with a manufacturer and supplier trade show (dates from trade press), and ACRP 2027 (April 30–May 3, 2027), whose exhibits are not yet announced. During Comic-Con (July 22–25, 2027 at the convention center) the hotel's ballrooms are used for the convention's own programming.

Where to stay & getting there

Hotels near Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

The Marquis is its own show hotel, with 1,366 rooms above the ballrooms. It is also the big bay hotel closest to the San Diego Convention Center, about 0.1 mile away at street level, with the Manchester Grand Hyatt on its other side.

Straight-line positions from OpenStreetMap; the square is the hotel itself (both towers). C marks the convention center for reference. GQ: Gaslamp Quarter. Walking routes and streets are not drawn.

The hotel's towers, then nearby hotels, closest first
Map number	Hotel	Rooms	Link to the Marquis	Straight-line	Walk (est.)
T1	North Tower25 stories, opened 1984 · this hotel	681	Same hotel	On site	—
T2	South Tower25 stories, opened 1987 · this hotel	683	Same hotel	On site	—
1	Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego1 Market Place	1,628	Public walkway	0.18 mi970 ft	≈ 5 min
2	Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter401 K Street	286	Not stated	0.28 mi1,500 ft	≈ 7 min
3	Hard Rock Hotel San Diego207 Fifth Avenue	420	Not stated	0.35 mi1,850 ft	≈ 9 min
4	Pendry San Diego550 J Street	317	Not stated	0.36 mi1,920 ft	≈ 9 min
5	Embassy Suites San Diego Bay Downtown601 Pacific Highway	341	Not stated	0.39 mi2,080 ft	≈ 10 min
6	San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter660 K Street	306	Not stated	0.40 mi2,120 ft	≈ 10 min
7	Omni San Diego Hotel675 L Street	511	Not stated	0.41 mi2,150 ft	≈ 11 min
C	San Diego Convention CenterReference point, not a hotel · 111 West Harbor Drive	—	Reference only	0.27 mi1,430 ft, to mid-building	≈ 7 min

Hotel venue: rows T1 and T2 are the Marquis's own two towers; the numbered rows are other full-service hotels within about 0.42 mile; row C is the San Diego Convention Center, shown only as a reference point. Distance: straight line from the Marquis's map point; the convention center point is the middle of a building about half a mile long, so its Hall A (west) end, about 0.1 mile from the hotel, is much closer. Walk: an estimate, straight-line, at 20 minutes a mile plus 30% for streets; not a measured route. Link: the public walkway between the Marquis and the Manchester Grand Hyatt is outdoors; "Not stated" means we found no source for a covered or direct link, so ask the hotel. The Omni's skybridge goes to Petco Park, not here. Rooms: Wikipedia (tower counts; the hotel lists 1,366 in all), Visit San Diego member listings and Wikipedia (Omni); "—" where we found no source.

On site · two towers

Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

1,366 rooms, including 55 suites, in two 25-story towers, plus a marina and two pools.

Next door · ~0.1 mi

San Diego Convention Center

Halls A–H along Harbor Drive. See our San Diego Convention Center guide for the union rules there.

Next door

Manchester Grand Hyatt

The two Hyatt towers past the public walkway, with their own 34,000 sq ft Grand Hall. See our Manchester Grand Hyatt guide.

Trolley · a few minutes

Convention Center station

MTS Green Line stop at First Avenue and Harbor Drive, across from Hall A.

~3 mi

San Diego International (SAN)

About 3 miles by car or rideshare.

Insider tips

Marriott Marquis San Diego exhibitor tips: what experienced teams do

Ballroom

Ask "Grand or Pacific?" first

The two ballrooms have the same 240 × 150 ft footprint but a 10 ft difference in ceiling: 26 ft against 16 ft. A design that fits the Grand may not fit the Pacific.

Rules

Plan a header without rigging

ASDS 2026 in the Grand Ballroom bans hanging signs and caps inline booths at 8 ft. Bring a tall back wall or a lit tower for visibility instead.

Shipping

Keep freight away from the package room

The hotel package room does not take exhibitor freight, and early arrivals collect venue fees. Ship to the warehouse in your kit and let the contractor deliver.

Timing

Use the evening advance set-up

ODs on Finance 2027 opens a 6–11 p.m. set-up the night before, with pallets due by 8 p.m. Taking it frees your crew before the hall opens the next afternoon.

Services

Order power through Encore EventNow

The hotel's Encore site handles power, AV and Wi-Fi for its expos. It is a different order from the decorator's kit, so put both on your checklist.

Comic-Con

Avoid late July for crews

Comic-Con (July 22–25, 2027) fills the convention center and uses the Marquis's ballrooms. Hotel rooms and parking are hard to get that week.

FAQ

Marriott Marquis San Diego FAQ for exhibitors

Where are trade shows held at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina?

In the 35,631 sq ft Pacific Ballroom or Marriott Grand Ballroom, stacked in the 2016 ballroom building. AUTM 2027 uses the Pacific Ballroom; ASDS 2026 uses the Grand Ballroom on the lobby level.

What is the ceiling height in the ballrooms?

26 ft in the Marriott Grand Ballroom and 16 ft in the Pacific Ballroom, per the hotel's chart; one 2024 show kit listed the Pacific at 12 ft. The Marina Ballroom is 16 ft and the San Diego Ballroom 12 ft 6 in.

Is the Marriott Marquis connected to the San Diego Convention Center?

It is next door, about 0.1 mile along Harbor Drive. It is a separate building with its own ballrooms, contractors and rules.

Is labor union at the Marriott Marquis?

California is not a right-to-work state, and shows here bind exhibitors to their contractors' labor agreements. Who may set up your booth depends on your show kit.

Can I ship to the hotel?

Not exhibit freight. The hotel package room does not accept it, and freight arriving before move-in day collects venue fees. Ship to the contractor's advance warehouse.

Who provides power and internet?

Encore, through the hotel's EventNow ordering site, as at ODs on Finance 2027.

How much is drayage at the Marriott Marquis?

Plan about $176 per hundredweight for crated freight. The hotel publishes no rate; your general contractor's show kit carries the actual tariff.

How many booths fit at the Marriott Marquis?

The hotel lists onsite exhibit space for up to 137 booths of 8 by 10 ft. Actual counts depend on the ballroom and the show's floor plan.

Where should exhibitors park?

In the hotel garage; Cvent lists $55 a day self-parking and $75 valet. Rates change, so check before you go.

Exhibiting at the Marriott Marquis?

Tell us your ballroom and booth number.

Grand or Pacific, your booth size and your show's height rules are all we need. Within two business days you get a design that fits that ceiling, a drayage estimate and a move-in plan built around your show's set-up window.

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Background photo: "Coronado Island and San Diego Bay night skyline - Vacation 2011" by chris favero, CC BY-SA 2.0 Source

Compare venues

Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina vs other major U.S. convention centers

How the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina stacks up against other big-city halls we have guides for. Drayage figures are Purple planning rates, not published tariffs.

Venue	Type	Largest space	Ceiling	Labor	Drayage (plan)	Airport
Marriott Marquis San Diego MarinaThis guide	Hotel ballrooms	35,631 sq ft Marriott Grand and Pacific ballrooms	26 ft Grand · 16 ft Pacific	Union · check kit	≈ $176/cwt	SAN · 3 mi
America's Center Convention ComplexSt. Louis	Convention center	574,000 sq ft contiguous, with Dome floor	40 ft	Union · 300 sq ft rule	≈ $150/cwt	STL · 14 mi
Anaheim Convention CenterAnaheim	Convention center	221,284 sq ft Hall D	25 ft Hall D · 13 ft 8 in Hall E	Union · check kit	≈ $172/cwt	SNA · 13 mi
Austin Convention CenterAustin	Convention center (closed, rebuilding)	Closed · 620,000 sq ft rentable from 2029	—	Right-to-work · venue closed	≈ $100/cwt	AUS · ~5 mi
Boston Convention & Exhibition CenterBoston	Convention center	516,000 sq ft contiguous (Halls A–C)	35 ft low · up to 100 ft	Union · staff setup OK	≈ $324/cwt	BOS · 3 mi
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention CenterSalt Lake City	Convention center	515,000 sq ft contiguous, 10 halls	30 ft	Right-to-work	≈ $120/cwt	SLC · ~6 mi
Charlotte Convention CenterCharlotte	Convention center	280,000 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–C	30 ft listed max	Right-to-work	≈ $115/cwt	CLT · 7 mi
Colorado Convention CenterDenver	Convention center	584,000 sq ft on one level, Halls A–F	30 ft to low steel	IATSE 7 · 60-min rule	≈ $160/cwt	DEN · 30–40 min
Ernest N. Morial Convention CenterNew Orleans	Convention center	127,364 sq ft Hall E · 1.1M sq ft in all	—	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MSY · 25–30 min
Fontainebleau Las VegasLas Vegas	Resort ballrooms	105,264 sq ft Royal Ballroom	28 ft 10 in	Union · check kit	≈ $185/cwt	LAS · 4.3 mi
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention CenterChula Vista	Resort ballrooms	140,049 sq ft California Exhibit Hall	34 ft hall · 27–28 ft ballrooms	Check show kit	≈ $176/cwt	SAN · ~10–12 mi
George R. Brown Convention CenterHouston	Convention center	547,730 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–E	35 ft (Level 1) · 30 ft (Level 3)	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $95/cwt	HOU · ~9 mi
Georgia World Congress CenterAtlanta	Convention center	1M+ sq ft contiguous (Halls B, BC, C)	30 ft to grid	Right-to-work	≈ $150/cwt	ATL · 15–20 min
Hilton AnatoleDallas	Hotel ballrooms	73,000–75,900 sq ft Trinity Exhibit Hall	18 ft hall · 28–29 ft ballrooms	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $100/cwt	DAL · ~4 mi
Hilton New Orleans RiversideNew Orleans	Hotel ballrooms	26,894 sq ft Grand Ballroom	18 ft Grand Ballroom · 12 ft Grand Salon	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $155/cwt	MSY · ~25 min
Hilton OrlandoOrlando	Hotel ballrooms	48,167 sq ft Orlando Ballroom	26 ft Orlando · 24 ft Orange · 18 ft Florida	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · 11 mi
Huntington PlaceDetroit	Convention center	623,000 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–D	30 ft (A–D) · 18 ft 8 in (E)	Union · 400 sq ft rule	≈ $155/cwt	DTW · 20 mi
Hyatt Regency OrlandoOrlando	Hotel ballrooms	54,638 sq ft Regency Ballroom	31 ft Regency (listed) · 21 ft Plaza	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · 12 mi
Indiana Convention CenterIndianapolis	Convention center	566,600 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–K	35 ft	Union · own staff OK	≈ $135/cwt	IND · ~15 min
Iowa Events CenterDes Moines	Convention center	150,000 sq ft contiguous, EMC Expo Center Halls A–C	35 ft (Halls B–C)	Right-to-work	≈ $100/cwt	DSM · ~10 min
Javits CenterNew York	Convention center	~500,000 sq ft contiguous (Level 3)	Varies by hall · check plan	Union · 250 sq ft rule	≈ $195/cwt	EWR / LGA / JFK · 45–70 min
Kansas City Convention CenterKansas City	Convention center	388,800 sq ft column-free, Bartle Hall A–E	33 ft A–C · 42 ft D–E	IATSE 31 · check kit	≈ $145/cwt	MCI · ~19 mi
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center DallasDallas	Convention center	304,250 sq ft open in Halls A–C (2026)	35 ft (A, B) · 31–37 ft (C)	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $100/cwt	DAL · ~6 mi
Los Angeles Convention CenterLos Angeles	Convention center	346,890 sq ft South Hall G–K	40 ft South · 36 ft West	Union · check kit	≈ $175/cwt	LAX · ~20 mi
Manchester Grand Hyatt San DiegoSan Diego	Hotel ballrooms	34,000 sq ft Grand Hall	~14 ft Grand Hall · 18–21 ft ballrooms	Union dock · check kit	≈ $176/cwt	SAN · 3 mi
McCormick PlaceChicago	Convention center	840,000 sq ft Hall A (South) · 1.2M+ on one level	Varies by hall · check plan	Union · staff setup any size	≈ $210/cwt	MDW · ~20 min
Miami Beach Convention CenterMiami Beach	Convention center	491,654 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–D	—	Union · IATSE/IBEW · check kit	≈ $170/cwt	MIA · ~12 mi
Minneapolis Convention CenterMinneapolis	Convention center	376,200 sq ft contiguous, Halls B–E	30 ft 6 in to truss · 85 ft domes	Union · open dock	≈ $150/cwt	MSP · ~20 min
Moscone CenterSan Francisco	Convention center	502,440 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–F	37 ft Halls A–C · 28 ft Hall F	Union · check kit	≈ $180/cwt	SFO · 25–40 min
Oklahoma City Convention CenterOklahoma City	Convention center	200,730 sq ft continuous, up to 4 halls	30 ft	Right-to-work	≈ $105/cwt	OKC · ~9–10 mi
Orange County Convention CenterOrlando	Convention center	1,103,538 sq ft West Building	30–40 ft	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · 12 mi
Oregon Convention CenterPortland	Convention center	255,000 sq ft Halls A–E	30 ft	Union · check kit	≈ $150/cwt	PDX · MAX ~30 min
Phoenix Convention CenterPhoenix	Convention center	312,500 sq ft contiguous, lower Halls 1–6	32 ft lower · 35 ft upper	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $140/cwt	PHX · ~3 mi
Reliant CenterHouston	Convention center	706,000+ sq ft on one level, Halls A–E	25–60 ft · avg 30 ft	Right-to-work · check kit	≈ $116/cwt	HOU · ~8 mi
Rosen Centre HotelOrlando	Hotel ballrooms	35,000 sq ft Grand Ballroom	25 ft Grand · 22 ft Executive, Junior	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · 12 min
San Diego Convention CenterSan Diego	Convention center	525,701 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–H	27 ft 4 in A–E · up to 64 ft F–H	Union · check kit	≈ $176/cwt	SAN · 3 mi
San Jose McEnery Convention CenterSan Jose	Convention center	143,000 sq ft Halls 1–3	32 ft	Union · 30 min / 10 ft rule	≈ $160/cwt	SJC · 4 mi
Santa Clara Convention CenterSanta Clara	Convention center	90,014 sq ft Halls A–D	28 ft 6 in	Union · check kit	≈ $160/cwt	SJC · 5–6 mi
Seattle Convention CenterSeattle	Convention center	205,700 sq ft Arch Halls 4A–4F	25 ft Arch · 30 ft Summit	Union · check kit	≈ $165/cwt	SEA · Link ~40 min
Sheraton Grand Chicago RiverwalkChicago	Hotel ballrooms	40,003 sq ft ballroom · 35,000 sq ft Riverwalk hall	22 ft ballroom · 10 ft 6 in hall	Union · pop-ups ≤ 10×10	≈ $225/cwt	MDW · 13 mi
Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet CreekOrlando	Resort ballrooms	35,925 sq ft Bonnet Creek Ballroom	20 ft Bonnet Creek · 18 ft Waterside, Floridian	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · 19 mi
Walt Disney World Swan and DolphinLake Buena Vista	Resort ballrooms	110,500 sq ft Atlantic + Pacific halls	30 ft Atlantic · 25′8″ Pacific	Right-to-work	≈ $155/cwt	MCO · ~20 min
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington	Convention center	473,000 sq ft contiguous, Halls A–C	30 ft (A–C) · up to 52 ft (D–E)	Union · check kit	≈ $175/cwt	DCA · ~4 mi

Nearby guides

Other San Diego and Southern California venues

San Diego Convention CenterNext door

Manchester Grand Hyatt San DiegoNext door

Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention CenterChula Vista · ~7 mi south

Anaheim Convention CenterAnaheim

Long Beach Convention CenterLong Beach

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Written by the Purple Exhibits team. Purple ships to the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina and coordinates crews and freight for San Diego installs. Reviewed for the 2026–2027 season. Figures marked for verification are being confirmed with the venue. Sources: the hotel's event capacity chart, Cvent, Visit San Diego, Wikipedia, Hotel-Online, KPFF, REBusiness, Hotel Executive, ASDS 2026 prospectus and Shepard floor plan, AAEM service kit, AUTM 2024 prospectus, Encore EventNow, SDCC Blog, MTS station data, and organizer sites for HARDI, AUTM, AACE, ODs on Finance and ACRP.

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