Birmingham, Ala., offers great value in a first-class city that includes a spectrum of exciting meeting and breakout venues, from the new WorkPlay (a cabaret-style theater downtown) to the beautifully landscaped Aldridge Gardens (catered by the Wynfrey Hotel) to the 700-acre Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and racetrack that will open in January.
Fast Facts
Where We Are 5 miles from Birmingham International Airport (BHM) • served by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest/KLM, Southwest, United, and US Airways
Where to Stay local hotels have more than 14,000 guest rooms • 14 percent total tax on hotel rooms
Where to Meet Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex • 220,000 square feet of exhibit space, 74 meeting rooms • also Boutwell Auditorium
Where to Play golf-friendly weather year-round, premier public golf courses, including Oxmoor Valley (along the state's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail) and Bent Brook, voted best public course in Alabama and Florida Panhandle • Civil Rights District, spotlighted in Diane McWhorter's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution • Birmingham Barons AA baseball, Birmingham Steeldogs arena football
What's New Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and racetrack (January opening), vintage motorcycles and cars on display, meeting space incorporated into the design and a professional events coordinator on site
Weather four seasons, with average temperature 62 degrees Fahrenheit; average rainfall 52 inches; less than 3 inches of snow per year • March the wettest month, October the driest
Did You Know… Sophisticated and food-savvy Birmingham now offers dozens of remarkable new restaurants in its vibrant and culturally tuned-in food scene.
