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AREA GUIDES the Embassy Suites Hotel Winston- Salem with an additional 70,000 sq. ft. of additional meeting space. Home to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the Winston Salem Meeting/- Sporting event and Entertainment Complex includes the award winning Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial Coliseum and Annex and is within easy access of major venues of football, base- ball, auxiliary basketball courts, the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds, Bowman Gray Stadium and hotels. The Coliseum Arena is comprised of 25,740 sq. ft. of meeting and exhibit space, arena configuration seating up to 14,665, concert in-the-round seating up to 15,272, in-house catering services and a surface parking lot with 2,621 spaces. The Joel Theater seats up to 5,600. This is an upscale meeting venue with intimate setting created within the coliseum arena. The Windsor Club is yet another sec- tion of the entertainment complex. This Dancer's group preforming at the Winson Salem's NAT'L Black Theatre Festival section of venue is equipped with the Winston-Salem room, with a square footage of 3,290, which divides into two rooms. The Deacon room is a 1,650-sq. ft. room featuring a built-in bar. And finally the Coliseum Annex completes the list of venues within the complex. This section has a total of 30,000 sq. ft. of meeting and exhibit space, an arena configuration seating 3,500 and a concert configuration seating 4,500. WHOYOUGONNACALL? VisitWinston-Salem – (866) 728-4200 www.visitwinstonsalem.com It's All in the Numbers 170,000-Square Feet of Meeting Space Cohesive meeting space in one central location. That's what you get with Twin City Quarter's Benton Convention Center, Marriott Hotel and Embassy Suites. An affordable destination rich with features and amenities - Wi-Fi, restaurants, cafes, lounges, spa and salon, Starbucks and fi tness centers. Conveniently adjacent to Fourth Street's Restaurant Row and the Arts District with galleries, dining and shops. The only number you'll need for one-stop-shopping: www.twincityquarter.com Black Meetings & Tourism September/October 2011: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 65 Photo Credit: Winston-Salem CVB