Convention Center

Oakland Convention Center & Oakland Marriott City Center

The Oakland Convention Center is conveniently located in downtown Oakland only ten minutes from the Oakland International Airport. Right outside the doors of the convention center you will find Oakland's Chinatown, Old Oakland, Preservation Park, shopping and within a few short blocks the waterfront, Jack London Square and the Paramount Theatre.

Offering 64,000 square feet of exhibition and meeting space and adjoining the convention center is the Oakland Marriott City Center, with an additional 25,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and 483 deluxe guest rooms.

The Oakland Convention Center is managed by the Oakland Marriott City Center with additional services provided by the Oakland Convention & Visitors Bureau. We can offer you state-of-the-art meeting facilities and uncompromising commitment to service and value to transform any occasion into a special event. The Oakland Marriott's acclaimed catering department has the culinary expertise to create an imaginative menu with innovative style. On the ground floor is the Jewitt Ballroom/Exhibit Hall and on the second floor is the Simmons Ballroom and spacious meeting rooms.

Meeting Facilities

• Oakland Convention Center offers 48,000 sq.-ft. column-free exhibit space, 12 meeting rooms, and a parking garage for 575 cars
• Additional 25,000 square feet of meeting, convention, and function space in the Oakland Marriot City Center
• Three Ballrooms: 10,400 sq.-ft. (divisible into 7 sections) accommodating 1,100 guests for receptions, 700 for banquets, 600 classroom; rooftop ballroom on the twenty-first floor, offering spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay and accommodating 200 for banquets
• 10 boardroom and hospitality suites for meeting and entertaining
• Dedicated kosher kitchen

Accommodations

• 483 guest rooms including 7 suites/parlors
• 21 floors
• Conciergel level and lounge
• Kings: 246, double-doubles: 222
• Accessible rooms: 17
• Nonsmoking rooms: 353

Overflow Accommodations

Leisure

• Chinatown, Old Oakland Historic District
• Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park
• Oakland Museum of California
• Jack London Square, on the waterfront
• Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; home of the Oakland Raiders, A's, and the Golden State Warriors
• San Francisco, Walnut Creek and Berkeley, 12 min. by BART (across the street)
• San Francisco by ferry boat (30 min.)

Directions

• 880 North to Broadway, turn right
• Convention Center is between 10th and 11th Streets
• Left on 10th Street
• Right turns around the block
• Convention Center garage entrance on 11th Street

From San Francisco

• Bay Bridge to 580 to 980/Oakland
• 11th-12th Streets exit
• Left on 11th Street
• 5 blocks to Convention Center
• Convention Center garage entrance on 11th Street