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Minneapolis Convention Center

Event venue Convention center

👍 Went for tourney town at final four so we didn’t walk around much. What we saw was good. People often mention good, nice, convention, center, great,


Address

1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Website

www.minneapolis.org

Contact

(612) 335-6000

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (5.2K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Saturday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Sunday: (Easter), 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Hours might differ
  • Monday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (10) nice (8) convention (7) center (7) great (7)
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  • 4/5 Barry 2 years ago on Google
    Went for tourney town at final four so we didn’t walk around much. What we saw was good.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Al S. 1 year ago on Google
    Safe clean. Event was nice. Adequate security. If seating was more comfortable would have been 5 🌟 stars.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Michael S. 10 months ago on Google
    The convention center is huge with lots of venues and room to walk around. There aren't any restaurants inside with dependable hours so be sure to eat beforehand. Event parking rates at the nearby ramps are frequently active (at least $15 per car). Overall it's a clean, open, welcoming facility.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 The Earth S. 11 months ago on Google
    I've been to several graduations at the Minneapolis Convention Center. It is a beautiful, spacious place. Parking can be tricky, so it is either good to get there early, be willing to walk, or take a cab/Uber/Lyft. They have lots of events here and many other types of conventions besides graduations. Several years ago, they held Project Homeless Connect at the Convention Center. I also believe they hold the comicon conventions here as well.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 James D. 6 months ago on Google
    If they have a car show here, go! This place hosts some great car shows, including the Minneapolis Mile.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tina M. 6 months ago on Google
    went for Lego Fest. was organized well. so so many people. it was alot of fun!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Karam M. 1 year ago on Google
    What a wonderful building. Everyone is welcoming and offering to help!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Deanna H. 2 years ago on Google
    Awesome event! Will definitely work an event here again anyday! You guys rock!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mike “Mike” W. 1 year ago on Google
    Did a show in the twins city for the firs time and was impressed on how clean it was. Union people are nice and the facility overall was excellent. However, for our industry (printing) it seems our customers prefer Chicago as there are nightlife and unlimited restaurants in Chi-Town!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jackie F. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful experience. Will go again next year.

  • 4/5 Randall P. 1 year ago on Google
    The convention center is well kept and reasonably accessible. It's like all downtown twin cities event spaces and parking can be a challenge. Overall, it's a great space. Rooms are fairly nice. Tech in the rooms is OK. Could do with some upgrades. I was here for the Con, and it was pretty fun.

  • 5/5 Dawn M. 1 year ago on Google
    Herzing University held graduation for all 2022 .my daughter graduated. That was a great room for that. Clean bathrooms. The whole place was nice. Lots of parking even handicap ♿️ with everything else a handicap person needs.

  • 5/5 Bunker 1 year ago on Google
    Went to a very nice small craft and artist show today! Very nice a great many potters, painters, photographers, and jewelers. It is open Sunday as well, worth the visit!

  • 4/5 Quintin K. 1 year ago on Google
    The Minneapolis Convention Center is large convention center that's pretty good, but not without flaws. The access to the Skyway was interesting and useful. I was able to walk quickly and comfortably from my hotel. However, it's still a decent hike from good lunch options, especially for a downtown convention center. The in-venue food options were not very good. The lack of universal wi-fi was annoying as well. The catering was surprisingly good, though. Overall, it's pretty good for a city convention center, but feels a bit outdated in terms of tech and dining.

  • 4/5 James N. 9 months ago on Google
    As these places go it’s pretty good. It’s a very big space with lots of rooms. The plus are good quality it and venue flexibility. The downsides are it is not connected to the light rail and the food options seem limited. The best way in and out is the sky walk. There is a huge underground car park of you drive. It’s internally well signed.

  • 4/5 Gary P. 6 months ago on Google
    A great venue for a tradeshow, although it isn't perfect. The size and space is ample, but the food selection is sub-par. I'm not sure why better food can't be offered at these shows, but Minneapolis doesn't seem to want to offer its guests a taste of local food. Restrooms are decent, but parking can be a pain, especially for exhibitors who are allnpacked and ready to leave the events. Walking to the convention center is easy, as the walkways provide plenty of protection from the elements.

  • 4/5 Ruthie E. 1 year ago on Google
    huge convention center with like 600 entrances and weirdly hard to orient, but easy to get to and has lots of great food, shopping, and activities all around it.

  • 5/5 Pebble 8 months ago on Google
    very nice, big and not too crowded, signs all over to help with not getting lost and people to help too, was a fun event, downtown is beautiful too

  • 4/5 Max M. 1 year ago on Google
    It great massive area love how open it feels and the staff is very nice and helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Csaba A. 2 years ago on Google
    Came to check out the annual boat show. Large enough space to fit a ton of boats into and host other conferences and shows. Have also come here in the past for other manufacturing and engineering conferences for networking and finding vendors.

  • 5/5 chris b. 10 months ago on Google
    Went to the Minnesotacon on Friday to get some of my collectables autographed by some of the guests they had. Was a lot of cool vendors and had a good line-up of guests there for the comic con. Look forward to the twincitiescon coming up in November for sure!!


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