Greater Columbus Convention Center: Hours, Address, Greater Columbus Convention Center Reviews: 4.5/5
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Greater Columbus Convention Center
4.5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
About
The Greater Columbus Convention Center is center of Ohio, the center of Columbus. It's surrounded by restaurants, shops, hotels and entertainment venues. Inside, the Convention Center has 1.8 million square feet of flexible, customizable space. Located in the 14th largest city in the United States in the midst of a vibrant entertainment district, the GCCC offers you an array of amenities to exceed your expectations. #CBusConventions
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4.5
319 reviews
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LexiV
Cleveland, OH625 contributions
Aug 2021
We popped in here just to see the art exhibit As We Are and have our pictures be added to the exhibit. The place was pretty much deserted. We didn't see anyone working, but another family stopped in for the exhibit as well. It worked although we never received the promised emails. Definitely worth a stop if you're visiting Short North.
Written August 3, 2021
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Daniel D
New Castle, PA433 contributions
Mar 2020 • Family
The place is a monster! Parking is around but it’s sort of clustered. The actual convention center has a parking garage as well. Traffic seemed to move well around building during Arnold event as well. Inside had quite a few food places, WiFi, lots of lounges. I will add anyone and their brother can just walk in off the streets. There was some homeless dude asking people for money when we were there. So if you do have a permit to carry! Rock it!
Written March 11, 2020
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911donnaj
Bardstown, KY36 contributions
Feb 2020 • Family
We attended the COA Midwest Nationals Cheer competition here. Their website is great and offers the option to pre-purchase your parking ticket in four different garages. This is a huge advantage for this type of event. Some times your performance time isn’t til later in the day and parking can be a nightmare. Having the option to prepay and hold our parking spot took a lot of stress of of us for the weekend. The center itself is very nice. There is plenty of signage and employees around to help you locate places/things. Everything was clean and well stocked. The food/drink options were top notch. Attending these type of cheer events can be a little crazy and you never know what you are heading bro with each new venue but this is definitely one of the top spots for this year!
Written February 27, 2020
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sisterida
Onsted, MI231 contributions
Oct 2019
This place is massive. Parking is a problem because so many events are booked at the same time. We were there for a dance competition and at the same time there was a tattoo convention. This was quite a difference in dress, manners and typed of people to be placed near each other. The dance competition had mainly little girls. The tattoo people looked very strange. Food in the conference center is limited and expensive. There are very few maps to tell people where the different areas are in the center.
Written December 11, 2019
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jsk60
Bucerias, Mexico114 contributions
Nov 2019
I attended a conference (headquartered in the Hyatt) and trade show in the Convention Center this month. The location is great. Easily accessible from the airport by public transportation or other services. There are many hotels and restaurants within walking distance. Best of all is the beautiful convention center.
Written November 17, 2019
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214LisaB
Elbert, CO101 contributions
Nov 2019
I attended a 3-day convention here. It was probably not considered a large event as this venue can host a very large convention in its spaces. Signage was a bit thin to me on the first day, trying to orient myself and find the meeting rooms and marketplace, but I did manage. The staff who helped me were apparently part of this particular convention, not convention center staff, but I eventually found the right meeting room and figured out how to navigate back to the hotel. By the second day, I noticed the signage on the ceiling that pointed my way, so that tells you why I thought signage was missing. There were a couple of decent sandwich and coffee kiosks inside the convention center, but there were also plenty of eating spots just outside the event, on the street. Easy walk to all sorts of places for a quick lunch, including back to the hotel dining spot. There were interesting art installations here and there, especially at the north entrance, and I liked that I could walk via an enclosed overpass back to my hotel if weather was bad. If this same convention is held here next year, I will likely return.
Written November 13, 2019
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MsGMaine
Topsham, ME102 contributions
Sep 2019
The food served during breaks/lunch/breakfast/afternoon snack was unbelievable! The place is huge and has something for everything. Temp was perfect. Overall very good experience!
Written October 2, 2019
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WishIWasInTexas
Bonn, Germany235 contributions
Sep 2019
Was here for a conference. Kudos for maintaining a HUGE facility, and using electronic signs to make finding the right conference room easy... And it's easy to get all your steps in before noon, because it's HUGE. Bring comfortable walking shoes, if you can't skate. /grin.
Written September 18, 2019
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Sargon_Starblade
Columbus, OH2 contributions
Sep 2019 • Family
I went to the Columbus, Ohio show with my family. My son loved it, as an adult it was ok. I loved dinosaurs as a kid and would have really liked this if they had it back then.
I appreciate the Columbus Convention Center hosting it.
I appreciate the Columbus Convention Center hosting it.
Written September 7, 2019
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Kim B
Seminole, FL47 contributions
Aug 2019
Visited for the ASAE tradeshow and the staff could not have been any friendlier. Super easy to get around the convention center and the location in the middle of the city was incredible. A lot of dining/entertainment options for our tradeshow attendees.
Written August 15, 2019
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Hello Kim, thank you for visiting the Greater Columbus Convention Center and for your great review! We will share your response with our staff.
Written August 16, 2019
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Rachel C
9 contributions
Is there open WiFi throughout the convention center?
Petrina D
Kingston, Canada191 contributions
This is how it works. if you are in the concourse area where the coat check is,seating area and the entrance to main building there is wifi. Once you get into the building where all the exhibits are usually held The huge big space there is no wifi if you want to access it in the huge big space you have to pay for it.
JamieMc7873
Denver, Colorado46 contributions
What is the best parking option for the convention center? Is there a lot or garage with in and out privileges? Anywhere to park for free?
Tim B
Coldwater, OH119 contributions
No free parking in the area. Is a garage attached.
H&HvHP
Denver, Colorado2 contributions
What hotels are within walking distance?
lzemanek91
Chicago, IL122 contributions
Hey there, here after the list of hotels within walking distance. Everyone of these is located within 1-2 blocks of the center or less than 5min walk
Hilton, - connected
Hampton
Hyatt
Drury
Crowne Plaza
Courtyard- this one is the farthest, probably a ten min walk
Red Roof
MMgal63
Uniontown, OH6 contributions
Looking for holiday inn express in grove city how far away from the convention center is it
MMgal63
Uniontown, OH6 contributions
Looking for a map with street name around the convention center
Klutz71
Circleville, OH98 contributions
There are actually a couple of streets surrounding the Convention Center. The main street that runs north and south along the entire length of the center is North High Street, On the south end of the building, Nationwide Blvd. and on the Goodale Blvd. on the north end. You can go to the website and click on maps. It gives you a map of the area.
