JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga.
As the Jekyll Island Convention Center works toward opening this May, more details are coming out about the facility and its surrounding offerings.
At 45,000-square feet, the building's central meeting spot, the Atlantic ballroom, can be a single, grand room, or divided into two, three or four sections. When utilized as a single room, the venue holds up to 6,900 individuals in a standing reception; a seated reception can accommodate up to 2,800 attendees. A back entry to the ballroom is wide and tall enough for a tractor trailer to enter.
The center also features 7,800 square feet of oceanfront meeting space, with five breakout meeting rooms and a salon, as well as five additional meeting rooms on the building's other side.
Two new hotels as well as a Beach Village retail market alsowill be constructed adjacent to the convention center. Hyatt Place is set to complete a 135-room, limited-service hotel by summer 2013, and Westin recently announced its plan to build a 200-room, full-service hotel by the following summer.
