The Wild Center
High Peaks Resort
Mirror Lake Inn
The Whiteface Lodge
The Olympic Center
- Located on a 31-acre site in Tupper Lake, N.Y., near the geographic center of Adirondack Park, The Wild Center is a not-for-profit, science-based museum dedicated to understanding the Adirondacks and developing better ways for humans to coexist with the rest of the natural world. Describing itself as the “greenest facility in the Adirondacks,” the center can accommodate up to 200 guests in facilities such as the Great Hall, theater, museum halls and Esplanade Tent. The Hutchens Conference Room seats 30 for board meetings and 50 theater style, with a projector and installed screen available for presentations. Catering is available. www.wildcenter.org
High Peaks Resort
- On the site of the former Lake Placid Hilton, the new 79-room High Peaks Resort offers 10,000 square feet of meeting space and the fine-dining restaurant Reflections, which can accommodate groups of up to 120 with a fireplace and multilevel patio overlooking Mirror Lake and the peaks of the Adirondacks. The venue shares a street-level entrance with the popular Dancing Bears restaurant. www.highpeaksresort.com
Mirror Lake Inn
- Boasting a top accommodations offering, The Mirror Lake Inn has over 6,000 square feet of meeting space with high-speed wireless Internet throughout. Highlights include the Adirondack Conference Center, an Executive Board Room and the Wikoff Room, with views of Mirror Lake and the Adirondack range. www.mirrorlakeinn.com
The Whiteface Lodge
- Harkening back to the days of the Adirondack “Great Camp” era, the Whiteface Lodge offers a luxurious take on rustic, with indoor and outdoor venues that can accommodate groups of up to 100. Besides traditional meeting spaces, the lodge offers its fine-dining Kanu Restaurant for smaller dining functions, and a variety of other private dining venues for larger groups. Team-building options include on-site wilderness and fitness programs and Olympic Park activities and tours. www.thewhitefacelodge.com
The Olympic Center
- Offering a total of 92,000 square feet of meeting space and operated by Lake Placid’s Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), the site where the famed 1980 “Miracle on Ice” shook the hockey world offers an inspiring venue for virtually any size of meeting or trade show on its four rinks. The largest venue, the Herb Brooks Arena, can seat 7,700, and the 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum features changing exhibits, video booths and the equipment used by some of the world’s top athletes. The ORDA can arrange for meeting programs that incorporate the Olympic facilities and include activities such as bobsled, biathlon, skiing and ice hockey, complete with a medal ceremony. www.orda.org