Event Planning
Conventions | Conferences | Meetings | Sporting Events
Unique Venues, Accommodating 10-1,000
Hosting your meeting or conference in the Alexandria Lakes Area has its perks. The Alexandria Lakes Area offers you the ability to relax, reconnect, and create by the lake following a full day of events with your group.
Conferences
We have facilities that can accommodate 10-1,000 people and a variety of unique venues to choose, from traditional conference spaces, technology-enhanced, lakeside resort, a refurbished barn, sports arena, and winery and exhibit hall. All these options provide the ability to allow your group to learn and expand their education in the environment that is right for them.
Sporting Events
Alexandria also offers a variety of sports facilities to meet your event’s needs. With our variety of summer and winter sporting facilities, we are a great choice for your next athletic event. Our sports facilities are designed for youth to high school activities and beyond. We proudly host the nation’s largest trap shooting tournament each summer, a variety of swimming events, the Annual Lions Cross Country Invitational for the last 45 years and thanks to 3 sheets of ice between the Runestone Community Center and NorthStar Sports Complex, we can host many hockey tournaments.
The city built a new high school with state-of-the-art sports facilities including a 3,000 seat turf football field, six soccer fields, 12 tennis courts, and brand new basketball gyms. In addition, the city's impressive 100+ miles of trails allows us the ability to host mountain biking and trail runs with a variety of courses.
Stress-Free Planning
At Explore Alexandria Tourism, we ease the stress of planning and facilitating your event, by providing services free of charge. Whether you want to enhance your event with local details or are looking for a way to entertain your group once the scheduled day has come to an end, we can help with the many choices the Alexandria Lakes Area has to offer.
You will be in touch with one person, who is your local connection to facilities, lodging, post-meeting and spouse activities, dining and more.