Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
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Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD near Washington, D.C.
The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center located at National Harbor, 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 one of the largest non-gaming hotel and convention centers 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 were under construction at the time.[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 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 Meetings. In 2019, the hotel hosted the 41st annual Technology Student Association National Conference.[10]
Some departments within the property are represented by different trade unions, the largest being Local 25 of the Unite Here! trade organization.
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Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor
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Gaylord Resort and Hotel, Prince George’s County, Maryland
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Looking into the Atrium of the Gaylord Resort and Hotel, Prince George’s County, Maryland
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Gaylord National Convention Center hallway view toward the Potomac River
References[edit]
- ^ 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 Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (2006). The Peterson Companies. Retrieved on July 22, 2007.
- ^ Facts Sheet Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine PDF Retrieved on March 14, 2008
- ^ a b High Hopes at Hotel’s Grand Opening
- ^ Gaylord National Resort Set to Open Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine WJLA. Retrieved on March 14, 2008
- ^ RNC bounces Steele, taps Wisconsin GOP leader as new chairman
- ^ MAGFest X Roundup, Part One Archived 2013-09-06 at archive.todayA Fond Look Back at MAGFest 11
- ^ “2014 National TSA Conference | Technology Student Association”. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ “2019 National TSA Conference”. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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