Overland Park is a special blend of metropolitan amenities and suburban hospitality — all wrapped up in a contemporary, park-like setting. It is less than 15 minutes from the Kansas City metropolitan area, which offers an abundance of attractions, including live theater, great golf, exciting shopping, and more than 250 restaurants.

Fast Facts

• Where We Are 33 miles from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) • served by Air Canada, American, America West, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Northwest, Southwest, United, US Airways, others

• Where to Stay 33 hotels, with 5,000-plus guest rooms

• Where to Meet new state-of-the-art $46.5 million Overland Park Convention Center will open this November • new convention center adjacent to a new 412-room, full-service Sheraton Hotel • center with 85,000 square feet of exhibit space, 7 meeting rooms, plus ballroom and exhibit hall; 237,000 total square feet of meeting, exhibition, banquet, pre-function, and service space • state-of-the-art technology with high-speed Internet access, outlets for audiovisual connections and multimedia presentations in meeting rooms and exhibition hall

• Where to Play golf courses, hiking, swimming, tennis, biking, skating, fishing, cross-country skiing, live dinner theater, 250 restaurants, shopping, gardens, 80 public parks • Kansas City Chiefs football, Kansas City Royals baseball, Wizards soccer pro sports teams • minutes from Kansas City metro area

• What's New convention center, Sheraton Hotel

• Weather average temperatures in winter, 33 degrees Fahrenheit; in summer, 79 degrees; spring, 56 degrees; fall, 59 degrees • high season: April through June, September, October; low season: December, February, March

• Did You Know… The CVB's user-friendly Web site was designed for fast loading and easy printability.

Overland Park Convention & Visitors Bureau

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9001 West 110 Street
Overland Park, KS 66210
Phone: 913.491.0123; 800.262.7275
Fax: 913.491.0015
E-mail: info@opcvb.org
www.opcvb.org
President: Gerald Cook
Director of Sales: Charlie Spiegel