Mesa Convention Center

I attended a Creating Keepsakes scrapbooking convention /​event yesterday at this Center located in (old, rundown) downtown Mesa. The staff was courteous and accommodating. Everything was clean: inside, outside, restrooms. I also appreciate the Purell stand ;) The building was on the chilly side and it’s not good for the body to go from freezing inside to very warm (90+ degrees) outside when you leave for home after a few hours indoors, which is part of the reason I didn’t stay at the event longer– even after I was done browsing /​shopping, I could’ve stayed a little longer to see whether I won a raffle prize or to mingle with fellow attendees more. I didn’t want to risk getting sick (i.e. sniffles). So, hey, turn it down a notch please– some people even had sweaters on and who wants to look at a sweater during the month of May here? I was smart enough to pick an outfit to befit the day’s atmosphere. Lunch at a small concession on the same floor was a lunch portion in that it’s just for refueling, especially since I traveled all the way from north central Phoenix. I had a standard medium tuna sandwich w/​lettuce & tomatoes (and plenty of condiments) on rye bread with my own water bottle and I did get full. Happily, the caterers wore gloves. There were no tables to eat on and very few chairs. Big parking lot to park for free, with a golf cart service to take you to /​from your vehicles. Thanks for the fun! There is an annual rubber stamp event at the Center for Spring & Fall, and I may be back for this– in the Fall. See you there :)

Mesa Convention Center is a great place to hold an event, and the variety of the events the attract is awesome! The staff is fantastic to work with — very responsive. The facilities are clean and they recently updated their restrooms. With the light rail opening just ½ block away, it’s even easier to get there now than it was before, and when you do drive, there is always free parking. Great place!

Clean building and great service. There is ample parking and very close to the downtown Mesa area with future light rail service! The lunch sandwiches are what you’d expect and the staff keeps everything refilled. The room was a little chilly and hard to hear with the speakers given.

Attended a recent conference here. I’m new to the area, and have been to conferences at 3 different locations so far. This one was the worst. The facilities are old and drab. The food was mediocre at best, and the staff took it away quickly. Breakfast was slated from 7 – 8, I arrived just before 8 to grab some breakfast and head into the keynote speech. The entire breakfast was already cleaned up & put away. Lunch was taken down really quickly too, and there were no morning or afternoon snacks. Just ice water & iced tea in between sessions. None of the attendees I talked to were happy, and I know I will not plan any conferences at this facility.

Attended a gun show that was hosted here a few weeks ago. The gun show was cool, but the convention center is less than stellar. Bottom line… it’s old, dirty, and tiny. Add to that, parking is not convenient… the gun show attracts a lot of people and parking was scarce. If you fell asleep in the 1970’s and woke up today, you wouldn’t know the difference if you were in this place.
I wouldn’t stage events here and would only come back so I can attend a show like this.
Return Factor — 50%

A low-​end convention center. I guess it’s probably cheap for them to rent it. Just kind of dingy all around. It does the job, but not if you’re holding any sort of high-​end event.

Great place for the scrap bookers convention, I can’t wait until next year

Top notch all the way!!! We have had several events here now and everytime it is clean and set up exactly as requested! The staff is awesome and friendly and makes sure we are always taken care of. We will be renting the facilities here again several times in the future as so far, thay have been exceptional in all they do.