Connecticut Convention Center Reviews

Attended the latest Tommy's Tat Convention. Has grown from the first one in 2012 into a large convention with close to 200 artists booths. Well worth the $20 a day ticket price. Clean and safe place to bring kiddos with you....

Awesome location for a large volleyball tournament.

It's a beautiful convention center, a very unique design. Bathrooms were kept "stocked" and clean. Nice selection of food and snacks. Definitely hope to come back next year!

Staff can be rude at times, but not a bad place. Snack bar was reasonably priced, that is a huge bonus.

Went there for the golf show. Best thing about the place is it's walking distance to Bear's BBQ and Ted's Montana Grill

We went to the flower and garden show. A perfect time of the year to bring us up from the long drab winter. The space is large, we went on Friday, I have also been to the camper show on the weekend when it was a bit too hot and crowded. The displays were gorgeous! My only wish was that they had more plants for sale, seeds from exotic plants already started and ready to go. I would go back for other shows, however if possible it would be on a weekday

Great place for a large conference and easy to get around.

Excellent place to hold large events!!! Especially volleyball tournaments!!!

Appears to be a fairly new facility. The staff have been very friendly and responsive. The food at every meal and snack time was WONDERFUL! I could not recommend this center more for your next event.

Went to the flower show.
Nicely done.

WAY TOO EXPENSIVE TO PARK! Whenever you have the chance to recommend a location advise against this & opt for one of the hotels outside of Hartford for your event because it's a pain in the butt to get there to begin with & then on top of that the parking is outrageous

I like the CT Convention Center because they have Home Shows in the fall and spring.

Was there for the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show for the first time Feb 2020. It is a very impressive facility. Very large, very clean and well run.

A beautiful facility with wonderful staff. They helped make our conference one of the best we've ever had.

I come here every year for the Conneticon convention. The place is very well cooled witch is helpful if you are sporting a heavy or bulky costume and the staff does an immaculate job of keeping the place spotless and the bathrooms fresh. Its hard to believe over 20000 people attend this thing.

I've always enjoyed attending CTcon and seeing all the cosplayers, but after experiencing other cons, I will say it can be very bland at times and not worth the price. My suggestion is to bring more vendors, invite guests that people want to see (like voice actors from popular shows), and possibly consider inviting J Artists to perform at the XL center like how Anime Expo does. Then I'll understand why the price is so high but until then, I was fairly underwhelmed by what CTcon 2019 had to offer.

Enjoy attending events here. Especially Connecticon. Set up well for breakouts, not too cold as some conferences get. Air conditioning monitored and stable.

Great rv show, first time there, parking in the garage was easy, I believe the height max was 6'8". Also had some outdoor parking, but no empty ones. Would be nice if designated for oversized vehicles, especially at an rv show, hence the one star taken away.

Great venue for conventions. Needs more EV charging spots in the garage tho.

Very nice building for big exhibitions. Can't say anything for the parking garage. They should have got someone that designed the casino parking garages at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.

Great place for an association annual meeting! Great food and facilities.

Had a blast at the kids convention today so much information lots of fun things for the kids will definately go again

All around best Bridal Convention, beautiful space, classy, roomy, two days is perfect! Great leads always secured. LOVE THIS SHOW!
Pamela of Wickham Park
Gorgeous banner by Blue Wave Printing of Manchester, (THEY ALSO ROCK)

finding the place from the outside is a little confusing even though there really are signs all over directing you there. The staff for very welcoming and he signs inside we're great. The facilityitself is nice and well-maintained. I was there for an event thrown by another company so I cannot judge the event for the convention center. However the convention centers property include the restrooms and for that I will say every time there was a bathroom run the bathrooms were clean, good smelling, stocked and fresh-looking.

It's a rather large place but was not overwhelming. Parking is a bit crazyand the attendants are not that friendly but I think LAZ is a company out of the convention center not their staff directly.

I love conventions here. Beautiful views nice rooms, ample parking day and night people shouting howdy neighbor.

Seems nice, went to the Jurassic Quest. Pretty long walk from parking garage.

I had a performance here for a showcase. It reminds me of West Mass center in Springfield. It is confusing to walk around if you are not familiar with the place. It is very nice and appealing.

Between work and weekend cons, I spend a lot of time at different convention centers, and the Connecticut conversation center is one of the worst. This is mainly due to the staff and management, who clearly are not there to help attendees, but instead act like security barrating threatening attendees over trivial rules (like standing in the middle of a hallway) while offering no help to those who need. In one case the convention center staff barged in on a panel and took ome of the tables the panel was using, insisting that it wasn't supposed to be in that room. They didn't need the table for anything they just carted it off to storage. The architecture of the place looks nice, but it's impractical, leading to major bottlenecks at the escalators and a confusing maze of which exits you can actually use. All of my experiences at the Connecticut conversation center have been poor, and whould not recommend it as a venue.

Great place for a volleyball tournament. There are men's and women's bathrooms on every back corner and on side walls. The concessions are very convenient and the selection of food is good.

Place on the level. Everything on the site. Access difficult, especially during rush hour.

Big parking garage, nice floor space with convention rooms above/on 2nd floor. I attended Retro World Expo here in September.

Spacious, polite staff, easy to get in and out. Positive experience with a well rehearsed facility crew. Recommend for doing events, easy parking and highway access as well. Well situated for traffic from both Boston and New York.

Great large event space; very clean. The food service was very good and service had a professional feel.

Great space for all types of events. Mainly go for Connecticon and every year it gets better and better.

This is connecticut through and through. 30 dollars for a 5 page book.

Great place to host your events. Great look and feel to the center. Parking is a little tight, and there is a bit of a walk involved, but 8 stories of parking is available and connected to the convention center. Winter months, I would suggest dropping your companion off at the door. It's cold out there.

How does an entire convention center merit a single Starbucks as its only source of food and drink? If you're here for an event of any size be prepared to wait in line for an hour with no other options.

Honestly they're so much more organized for conventions than almost anywhere else I've gone

Depending on what you are going here for you will feel differently. A company party: good time, liquor is a little expensive, food is plentiful. A conference: decent food, venue is large enough for most all groups.

Love the Flower Show! We go every year. Worth the trip.

I was here for a fair and thought it was a nice center.

My favorite getaway place every year when I go on vacation and I go to the RetroWorldExpo. Can't wait to go again and stay at the attached Hotel. Staff members are always courteous,awesome, super helpful, friendly and knowledgeable.

Staff kept the bathrooms impeccable. Parking staff, however, were not super helpful with directions to loading dock.

Here for the RV show. Nice large place with lots of room for the units displayed.

Nice spacious but needs more access to dopd onsite. Kiosks are limited.

Parking and entering is a nightmare. Handicapped people are warned not to even attempt it. Most events have high admission because of the money they have to pay to use the space. Go elsewhere or use the Internet.

Gorgeous facility! So lucky to have a FedEx shipping center right in the building. As an exhibitor, this was a life saver.

The entrance area is always lovely. Someone that cleans that front lobby takes a lot of pride in his work and his company.

Went to RV show, clean , parking was weird, so many open spots unable to be used for some reason.

The facility is very nice and holds a lot of people.

Massive venue; Gr8 food; need a better sound system

Good parking available and a large show floor for all types of events. Cafe is usually crowded but the food is decent

Awesome service and location. The food is excellent and the building is like brand new. The staff pays attention to EVERY detail. Just an awesome experience!!!