The McAllen Convention Center goes beyond conventions and meetings to host the most important community events. The 18.5 acre complex hosts over 500 events each year and has an average attendance of 400,000 attendees annually. The McAllen Convention Center was designed as a multi-purpose event center that caters to anything from conventions to concerts to board room meetings. The Convention Center has become a popular concert venue and creates a picture perfect backdrop for local weddings. The McAllen Convention Center features a 60,000 sq.ft. column free exhibit hall, a grand ballroom, two boardrooms and up to 16 breakout rooms for meetings and smaller events.
Opened it’s doors on November 2016, the McAllen Performing Arts Center has quickly become the premier venue that presents a wide variety of nationally recognized productions of music, dance and theater to the people of South Texas. Hosting over 450 world class events since it’s inauguration. The City of McAllen is committed to enhancing the arts and cultural experiences of McAllen and the entire Rio Grande Valley. Through this commitment, the facility offers the most advanced performing arts center south of San Antonio as well as providing a broader variety of entertainment and live performances that have never been possible before in South Texas.