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Feb. 11, 2021 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center to Serve as Regional Severe Weather Shelter

On nights when severe weather thresholds are met, the Joint Office of Homeless Services will mobilize operations at the Oregon Convention Center and other area locations to open extra night-time shelter capacity. These beds will be in addition to 1,300-plus government-funded beds that remain open year-round, and hundreds of additional seasonal beds that will be open every night of the winter, no matter the forecast on any given night.

Jan. 20, 2021 | news releases

Metro Visitor Venues Host Vaccination Super Sites

by Heather Back

Jan. 08, 2021 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center: Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) Facility Accredited

—Heather Back, Metro visitor venues communications and policy

Verified best practices to respond to and recover from outbreaks and pandemics

COVID-19 Craig Stroud Reopening GBAC

Sep. 02, 2020 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center to attain biorisk facility accreditation for health and safety

By Heather Back

The Oregon Convention Center to attain the Global Biorisk Advisory Council STAR accreditation, the gold standard for prepared facilities to implement the most stringent protocols for cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention.

Under the guidance of GBAC – a division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association – the convention center will implement the most stringent protocols for cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention.

Colas Construction Renovation Diversity BIPOC Scott Cruickshank MERC Ray Leary Craig Stroud

Aug. 18, 2020 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center renovation: a model for equity in public projects

By Heather Back

Metro MERC COVID-19

May 27, 2020 | news releases

Metro’s visitor venues: economic generators and community bedrocks

With guidance from public health officials, teams are preparing for the return of cultural events, community connections and generating thousands of jobs throughout the region.

The Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Zoo, Portland Expo Center, and Portland’5 Centers for the Arts are powerful economic generators for the state and centers for communities to connect. These visitor venues employ thousands and serve as gathering places for millions of memories created each year.

The Oregon Convention Center with the city of Portland in the background.

awards Best Convention Center Cindy Wallace

Nov. 01, 2019 | news releases

Northwest Meetings + Events Chooses Oregon Convention Center as Oregon’s Best Convention and Conference Venue

The votes are in! We are proud to announce that the readers of Northwest Meetings + Events have chosen Oregon Convention Center as Oregon’s Best Convention and Conference Venue. This award is especially exciting to us because it was based on reader feedback, and we are thrilled to make the Oregon list along with other esteemed local vendors in the event space.

Nov. 01, 2019 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center Wins Its First Stella Award, One of the Hospitality Industry’s Most Prestigious Honors

Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is honored to receive a 2019 Stella Award for Best Convention Center. OCC took the Bronze award in the Far West category (which includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming) for a regional, standalone facility.

IAVM IAVM Board of Directors Erin Jepson Craig Stroud

Jul. 26, 2019 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center’s Erin Jepson appointed to IAVM Board of Directors

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is pleased to announce that Erin Jepson, OCC’s Director of Events and Guest Services, has been selected as the next Convention Center Sector Director for the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Board of Directors.

Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto Craig Stroud

Jun. 12, 2019 | news releases

Celebrating the Portland Sapporo Sister City Association’s 60 years of prosperity and peace

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Sapporo, Japan, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto continued their committment to the Portland Sapporo Sister City relationship by rededicating the Japanese bell gifted by business leaders in Sapporo to Portland as a 30th anniversary gift.