Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center — Attraction in Columbus

If I could give this place less than one star I would. This was an incredibly unprofessional experience.The venue is beautiful, but the staff was atrocious. After losing our appointment to tour the venue TWICE last year, a security guard volunteered to take us around the venue herself because the event staff could not be bothered to accommodate the appointment they themselves had booked. The caterer they forced us to use would not work with us at all. They refused to give us a tasting, then on the day of they allegedly had no record of equipment we had paid to rent months prior. Also speaking on equipment, we had initially paid to rent equipment for our ceremony and then later decided to forego it. We paid nearly $300 to rent this equipment, yet somehow our refund came out to $38?? Our "event coordinator" provided through the venue didn't even stay for the duration of the event. The event started at 5:00 pm and she got off work and left at 4:00. Which I find interesting because there were THREE weddings taking place in our venue at the exact same time as ours, with no one to direct guests or even signage. Then about a week after our event they had the audacity to call and claim we left our bar tab open, when we had a credit card on file for the duration of the...

Pretty nice location although parking, at least from what I saw, was a bit tricky. Went for a military ball but there were also 2-3 other events going on at the same time. There were security band officers present which was nice although I don't know if they are always there. I believe there was an additional underground parking lot that seemed to have escalators that went to them but I'm not sure. There was one small elevator I saw but there are also a lot of stairs to traverse. The exterior was pretty nice and had ample spots for beautiful pictures to be taken. I saw at least one large ballroom type area and one large banquet type area but I believe there were more spaces available. Not a bad location and pretty easy to get in and out of. Just watch out for the aggressive taxis and limos that don't seem to remember pedestrians have the right of way...

This is an amazing, historically preserved, convention center. It has tons of space for events and still retains many parts of it's original usage as an iron factory. They managing staff was very helpful to our group and our event went well. They have plenty of chairs/ seats and all sizes and shapes of tables you could need for any event. They can offer free or paid parking depending on the event. The rear of the building has an old huge elevator for bringing in items up to the size of a car, haha. There were snack machines nearby and plenty of restrooms. Everything went great, and this place is worth a walk thru just for its history, so come early for an event and wonder around and see some cool turn of the century artifacts. Wi-Fi is available but can get costly, I think about $10 per device/ login...