Meetings and Events City Profiles

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Population: About 4,500

Nearest airport: Show Low Regional Airport (SOW); Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is about three and a half hour away.

Conventions centers/Large event spaces:
Hon-Dah Resort, Casino and Conference Center
777 Hwy. 260
Pinetop, AZ 85935

Overview and highlights:

Whether you're organizing an intimate retreat for a few dozen or planning a convention for hundreds of people, the rugged beauty of Arizona's White Mountains forms a perfect backdrop for groups that want to play as hard as they work.

Surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, the Pinetop-Lakeside  region boasts the world's largest stand of Ponderosa pines as well as more than 600 miles of streams, 40-plus lakes and a 200-mile trail system.

>>Hon-Dah Resort, Casino and Conference Center offers full-service dining, 128 on-site guest rooms and an adjacent RV park. The main conference room (8,482 square feet) accommodates 700-plus people in theater-style and 450 people in banquet-style seating.
928.369.7632

>>Charlie Clark's has two private indoor dining rooms. The Gibson Room is a small hideaway that seats up to 12. The Upper Mesquite room accommodates up to 55 people for meetings, luncheons and banquets. Adjacent to the steakhouse sits The Orchard at Charlie Clark's, a private two-and-a-half-acre park nestled in an old apple orchard and suitable for outdoor cocktail and seated receptions of up to 300.
928.367.4900

>>Torreon Community offers 6,500 square feet of Wi-Fi equipped indoor meeting space in a classic clubhouse environment. Torreon has luxury accommodations for up to 80 in on-site lodges and villas, meeting facilities for up to 150 and a full range of amenities. Guests enjoy access to the exclusive Torreon Golf Club and its two 18-hole courses.
877.867.7366

For more information:

Pinetop-Lakeside Chamber of Commerce // 928.367.4290

This article has been re-edited for the Web. Article originally by Leah Wheeler.