Oregon Convention Centre works towards recovery from COVID-19

Thursday, March 24, 2022

The pandemic has strained the travel and entertainment industry to its limits. The industry was decimated and many people lost their jobs. The continued lock downs and capacity restrictions resulted in many Portland venues shutting down or adapting to more pandemic-relevant functions. The Oregon Convention Center converted to a mass vaccination site.

As the restrictions loosens, the Executive Director Craig Stroud, has said that 2019 was the last year that OCC conducted a full year of business was in 2019 when they hosted 527 events, throughout the year. The convention centre has currently secured contracts for 157 definite events for 2022, and 69 for 2023.

Despite the obvious decline, the centre is hopeful and believes that these figures do not necessarily represent the total number of conventions that are slated to be held. The 2022 event calendar was hit hard by the pandemic, and the number of bookings for 2023 are reportedly above the average trends for previous years.

It is recommended that with a year of recovery, current numbers project that 2023 can be a very busy calendar year for the Oregon Convention Centre. The events calendar of 2022 was directly impacted by the COVID pandemic. The event calendar of 2023 is currently a much stronger event year.

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