Looking for a California experience for a meeting or event, but without the headaches of traffic and high price tags? Fresno and Clovis offer planners big-city amenities with a small-town atmosphere, whether you’re looking for traditional meeting spaces like the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center (98,000 sq. ft. with four venues) or out-of-the-box spaces like the Fresno Chaffee Zoo (with indoor and outdoor facilities available) and Chukchansi Park (with capacity of 10,000).
Downtown Fresno also offers other great venues to host meetings, such as the stunning Grand 1401 (8,000 sq. ft. with 3,000 sq. ft. mezzanine with capacity of 500) and the new Palomino Event Center (9,000 sq. ft. with capacity of 400). In charming Old Town Clovis, discover the Clovis Veterans Memorial District (with more than 20,000 sq. ft, including meeting rooms and event rooms) located near locally-owned restaurants, antique shops, and boutiques as well as the Clovis Museum. There are 6,500+ hotel rooms across Fresno and Clovis with affordable parking. Spend less time in traffic and more time networking with peers—you won’t spend more than 20 minutes commuting around the city.
Fresno and Clovis are centrally located and easily accessible from anywhere in the state. The cities are three hours from San Francisco and Sacramento and four hours from Los Angeles and are accessible from these cities via State Route 99 and Interstate 5. Attendees can also take a train ride into Fresno County via Amtrak. The Fresno-Yosemite International Airport has non-stop flights to 12 other major cities in the United States. The airport recently expanded its Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security area, and will open a new terminal by the end of 2025.
When you’re in Fresno and Clovis, you’re where the nation’s food is grown. Fresno County is a top producer of wine grapes in California and home to several wineries with tastings available during the week. Discover Fresno County’s brewery scene, which offers unique hops created with locally-grown ingredients. Dine at Fresno and Clovis’ restaurants and food trucks, where chefs share their cultural cuisine using ingredients in California’s farm-to-fork heartland. Take your group to team building activities like Bad Axe Throwing Fresno, XLanes bowling and entertainment zone, and local golf courses. Turn a work trip into a family getaway when you explore family-friendly attractions (Fresno Chaffee Zoo or Clovis Botanical Gardens) or visit nearby Yosemite, Sequoia or Kings Canyon National Parks—each park is 90 minutes from Fresno.
Visit Fresno County’s team of experts will help planners find a space that best fits their group. For more information, reach out to Visit Fresno County Director of Sales Andrew Smith at andrew.smith@fresnocvb.org and 559-981-5503, or go to visitfresnocounty.org.
