Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center

Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center hotel main entrance
Location within Texas
General information
Location Grapevine, Texas
Coordinates 32°57′14″N 97°03′53″W / 32.9539°N 97.0646°W / 32.9539; -97.0646Coordinates: 32°57′14″N 97°03′53″W / 32.9539°N 97.0646°W / 32.9539; -97.0646
Opening April 4, 2004
Owner Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
Management Marriott International
Technical details
Floor count 9
Floor area (atrium: 4.5 acres, covered)
Design and construction
Architect Hnedak Bobo Group, Inc.
Main contractor Balfour Beatty Construction (formerly Centex Construction)
Other information
Number of rooms 1,814
Number of suites 127
Number of restaurants 4
Website
Gaylord Texan
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Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is an American hotel and convention center, opened in Grapevine, Texas 30 minutes from Dallas - Fort Worth, on April 4, 2004. It has 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m2) of meeting space and 1,814 guest rooms.

Gaylord Texan is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International. It is a sister hotel to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, and Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center.

In 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2017 it was the location of QuakeCon, a gaming convention based in Texas.[3]

The resort hosted the National Conference of the Technology Student Association from June 28, 2015 through July 2, 2015.[4]

The resort is the official hotel of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.[5]

The hotel was expanded with a new vineyard tower in 2018. The tower has 303 guest rooms, an outdoor terrace with views of Lake Grapevine, and 86,000 square feet of meeting space including a 30,000-square-foot ballroom, 30,000 square feet of breakout space and 26,000 square feet of pre-function space.

Annual events

The resort features an annual event with different themes each year. The event is called ICE! and Lone Star Christmas and is sponsored by different corporations every year. Each annual exhibit is a different holiday theme such as Charlie Brown, Nutcracker, Shrek, and Frosty the Snowman.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ GmbH, Emporis. "Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine - 233517 - EMPORIS". www.emporis.com.
  3. ↑ "Quakecon 2009 - The Geek Pub". 10 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Recent National TSA Conferences". www.tsaweb.org.
  5. ↑ Crow, Melinda (1 December 2016). “Why the Gaylord Texan May Be the Capitol of #CowboyNation", First Read--Travel.
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