Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
| Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center | |
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| General information | |
| Location | National Harbor, Maryland, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°46′54.5″N 77°0′59.5″W / 38.781806°N 77.016528°W |
| Opening | 2008 |
| Owner | Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. |
| Management | Marriott International |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 19 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Gensler |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 2000 |
| Number of suites | 110 |
| Number of restaurants | 4 |
| Website | |
| Gaylord National | |
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The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center located at National Harbor, in the city of Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, in the U.S. state of Maryland.[2] The hotel is situated along the shores of the Potomac, downriver from Washington, D.C., and across the river from Alexandria, Virginia. It is owned by Gaylord Hotels, a division of Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International. The hotel opened April 1, 2008, as part of a new mixed-use (office, residential, and retail) development in National Harbor.[3] It is the largest non-gaming hotel and convention center on the East Coast of the United States.[4] It cost $870 million to build.[5]
The center was originally named the "Gaylord Potomac Resort & Convention Center"; the name was changed in the planning stage. The hotel contains 2,000 guest rooms, 95 event rooms, 537,430 square feet (49,929 m2) of meeting space, seven restaurants, and a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) spa. It employs 2,000 people. It features a 19-story glass atrium with views of the Potomac River.[5]
It had over 1.3 million room nights booked before its formal opening on April 1, 2008. Other adjacent hotels and facilities are currently being constructed.[6]
The convention center hosted the 2011 Republican National Committee Winter Meeting, at which the 2011 Republican National Committee chairmanship election took place.[7] It also hosts Katsucon, a celebration of Japanese Anime. The Gaylord has also hosted MAGFest, a yearly festival celebrating video games, their music, and culture, since 2012.[8] The annual Scripps National Spelling Bee has been held at the Gaylord since 2011. In 2014, the Gaylord hosted the 36th annual Technology Student Association National Conference.[9]. In 2016, the hotel also hosted the MLB Winter Manager Meetings.
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Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor
Indoor Atrium Lobby
Gaylord National Convention Center hallway view toward the Potomac River
References
- ↑ Gaylord Entertainment FactSheet Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. PDF
- ↑ Site and building plans (2006). National Harbor. Retrieved on July 22, 2007. Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Mixed use communities: National Harbor, Prince George's County, MD (2006). The Peterson Companies. Retrieved on July 22, 2007.
- ↑ Facts Sheet PDF Retrieved on March 14, 2008
- 1 2 High Hopes at Hotel's Grand Opening
- ↑ Gaylord National Resort Set to Open WJLA. Retrieved on March 14, 2008
- ↑ RNC bounces Steele, taps Wisconsin GOP leader as new chairman
- ↑ MAGFest X Roundup, Part One</r A Fond Look Back at MAGFest 11
- ↑ http://www.tsaweb.org/2014-national-conference
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