VENUE GUIDE
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida
An independent guide to the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC): identify the correct building, work from current exhibitor guidelines, and treat access, services, freight, and deadlines as show-specific.
THE SETTING
Start with the actual hall, not a search result.
OCCC’s official overview lists approximately 7 million square feet across a 4-million-square-foot West Building and 3-million-square-foot North–South Building. It reports more than 2 million square feet of exhibit space, 70 meeting rooms, hundreds of breakout rooms, and 174 loading-dock slips. The campus is oriented around International Drive, Universal Boulevard, and Convention Way. Because event footprints can span halls or buildings, confirm the precise hall, entrance, dock, and service desk before dispatching people or freight.
ON THE GROUND
Build an operations plan before the booth arrives.
Treat exhibitor preparation as a document-and-order workflow. Review OCCC’s current ordering and payment information, EAC conditions, fire-marshal regulations, electrical guidelines, rigging conditions, compressed-air/gas/plumbing rules, and any applicable covered-booth or multilevel forms. OCCC identifies online ordering and exhibitor-services support, but it does not establish universal event deadlines or labor terms. Build a checklist for utilities, internet, freight, AV, food and beverage, signage, rigging, booth approval, and contractor paperwork.
BEFORE YOU SHIP
Use the current event manual as the final word.
Map the event before making travel or delivery commitments. OCCC provides interactive and building-specific floor plans for the West and North–South buildings; use them to check hall orientation, nearby entrances, meeting rooms, docks, and pedestrian routes. Driving access connects with State Road 528 and I-4, while rideshare pickup points are campus- and event-specific. The venue lists I-RIDE Trolley stops and LYNX service to the district; the practical route still depends on the assigned concourse and the event operating plan.
EXHIBITOR CHECK
- OCCC reports approximately 7 million square feet total across the West and North–South buildings.
- Official addresses distinguish West Concourse at 9800 International Drive, North Concourse at 9400 Universal Blvd, and South Concourse at 9899 International Drive.
- OCCC reports 174 loading-dock slips and publishes separate exhibitor-guideline materials for ordering, EACs, fire safety, electrical, rigging, and specialty utilities.
COSTS & TIMING
Model the full project, not the booth line item.
Budget by workstream: booth construction, show services, electrical and internet, rigging or specialty utilities, freight, material handling, graphics, labor, travel, lodging, parking, shipping, and contingency. OCCC says parking rates vary by vehicle size, entry time, event, and availability; parking is cashless, first-come, first-served, and overnight parking is not allowed. Place orders early enough to meet the current show manual’s advance deadlines, and recheck prices, taxes, cancellation terms, and cutoff dates in live documents.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
Start with the primary record.
We use official venue, city, destination, and organizer resources for orientation. The most current event manual and designated service-contractor materials control the work.