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About the Center

A public facility on the Savannah River, owned by the Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority since 2014.

The building

What the Center Holds Today

Counted from the same room-by-room record that runs the space finder, not typed in by hand.

89 Published spaces, from boardrooms to the exhibit floor

55 Individually bookable, before any are combined into a larger hall

200,000 Square feet of exhibit hall, split into four halls that combine or divide

17,642 Theater seats, the most any one room in the building holds

The 2025 expansion

A $276 Million Expansion, Open Since February 2025

The Authority completed the project in February 2025. Figures below are as the Authority announced them the week it opened.

The East Concourse of the Savannah Convention Center after the 2025 expansion
East Concourse Rebuilt in the 2025 expansion
  • Exhibit hall 200,000 sq ft
  • Governor's Ballroom 40,000 sq ft, new
  • Meeting rooms 27 total
  • Boardrooms 5 total
  • Parking deck 900 spaces, new
  • Dining outlets 3, new

The expansion added 100,000 square feet of exhibit space, doubling the hall to its current 200,000 square feet; the new 40,000 square foot Governor's Ballroom; 14 new meeting rooms, for a published total of 27; one more boardroom, for a total of 5; the 900-space parking deck; and three new dining outlets, run by Iron Oak Hospitality, the Center's exclusive food and beverage partner.

Sustainability

LEED Gold Since 2017

The first convention center in Georgia to hold LEED Gold certification, achieved in 2017, eight years before the expansion.

The building pairs daylighting with energy-efficient LED lighting and Energy Star rated signage and monitors. Window film cuts heat gain, and a high-efficiency cooling tower with a plate frame heat exchanger reduces HVAC energy and water use. A single-stream recycling program for plastic, aluminum, paper, and cardboard runs throughout the facility, and stormwater is managed through the surrounding wetlands and a raingarden rather than piped straight to the river.

The food and beverage program sources certified sustainable seafood, donates used frying oil for conversion into biodiesel and animal feed, and serves compostable cups as standard, with compostable plates and utensils available on request. In August 2020 the Center also achieved GBAC STAR facility accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council, covering its cleaning, disinfection, and infection prevention program.

The Authority

Who Runs the Center

The Savannah-Georgia Convention Center Authority, a public instrumentality of the state of Georgia.

The Georgia General Assembly created the current Authority by House Bill 525 in its 2018/2019 session. It succeeds the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority, created by Georgia Laws 1995, which built the facility and opened it in June 2000 as the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. The building took the shorter Savannah Convention Center name in October 2018, and Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 525 the following April, changing the Authority's own name and board structure. Six of the Authority's members are appointed by the Governor, three by the Chatham County legislative delegation, and two serve ex officio: the presidents of the Savannah Economic Development Authority and the Savannah Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau.

The Authority publishes its full board record, agendas, minutes, and meeting notices, back through the GIMTCA years: 215 documents in one series on the board agendas and minutes page.

Annual reports

Every Annual Report the Authority Has Published

Newest first, linked to the Authority's own file.