Frito Lay’sC.E. Doolin

Awards Dinner

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Executive Bid Summary

Offer To Host Frito Lay’s 2013 C.E. Doolin Awards Dinner!

Fort Wayne, Indiana has so much to offer the Ohio/Michigan Region of Frito Lay for your awards dinner.

We are excited for the oppportunity to host your guests and their families in our community.

Our central location between Ohio and Michigan in northeast Indiana offers your event a small town feel,

but with big town amenities at affordable prices. Fort Wayne would be a great location for your dinner.

What You Asked For... What Fort Wayne Can Offer...

Top quality awards dinner = First-class convention center with two adjoining hotels

Central location near OH and MI = Conveniently located between Ohio and Michigan

City with unique entertainment = Frito Lay’s Family Day at award-winning Children’s Zoo

Memorable weekend = Festival, fi reworks, family fun and affordable, too

Accommodations = Over 50 brand name hotels, 5,000 rooms priced for any family

More accommodations = 175 hotel rooms on-site. Many more can be blocked

Frito Lay’s Family Fun Weekend

Let Fort Wayne entertain your families and guests with a Frito Lay’s Family Fun Weekend! Here is a schedule of possible events for your award-winning attendees.

Date/Event

Friday, July 19 - Frito Lay’s Family Day (Optional) The Fort Wayne TinCaps Rated #1 Minor League Ballpark in America

Saturday, July 20 - Frito Lay’s Day The Fort Wayne Children Zoo Rated Indiana’s #1 Must-Do Summer Attraction

Saturday, July 20 - C.E. Doolin Awards Banquet Grand Wayne Conventon Center Experienced Event Center

Saturday, July 20 - Three Rivers Festival/Fireworks Downtown Fort Wayne Top 100 Event in U.S. - American Bus Assoc.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana’s second-largest city, is home to

over 250,000 residents. Fort Wayne’s meeting and tourism

facilities are fi rst-rate, fun and affordable.

Past meeting planners have been impressed by Fort Wayne’s

ability to put on effective events. We offer a big city feel,

with a small town atmosphere. Fort Wayne offers high quality

facilities at low cost in a clean and friendly community.

Accessible by major interstate highways and an international

airport, it’s easy to see why Fort Wayne is one of the

Midwest’s most central and convenient locations.

Fort Wayne’s convenient location makes us an ideal convention location.

Facility InformationGrand Wayne Convention Center

The Grand Wayne Convention Center features 80,000 square feet

of fully carpeted, dedicated event space and 30,000 square feet

of public areas, in addition to a sub-divisible 50,000 square foot

multi-purpose Convention Hall. Consistent with the entire Center,

it is fully carpeted, equipped with technologically advanced sound

and lighting systems, and is acoustically paneled for superior sound

quality. In addition, they offer easy-access loading docks, phone

lines, computer-driven sound system, in-house exhibition services

and a fully staffed audio-visual department.

Ground Floor

Second Floor

Grand Wayne Convention Amenities

• Clean, contemporary and modern facility

• Attached and fi rst-class hotels

• Professional and experienced event hosting staff

• 17 breakout rooms

Downtown Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne’s growing and energized downtown is the largest

economic and business development sector in Northern

Indiana. Several exciting new commercial developments and

local improvements have created new opportunities for event

attendees and visitors to enjoy.

Downtown Fort Wayne is the area’s most popular dining and

entertainment destinations. With dozens of restaurants and

bars located just steps from the Grand Wayne Convention

Center, Fort Wayne’s downtown offers a wide variety of dining

and bar options for different tastes.

Downtown’s new crown jewel, Parkview Field, offers great

baseball (and unique off-site activities) in a lovely park setting.

This stadium, named the #1 in Minor League baseball, is

located across the street from the convention center and

offers meeting planners an easy (and fun!) evening activity

solution.

In addition, Downtown Fort Wayne is the home to our arts

and cultural attractions, including dozens of museums,

and a vibrant arts campus. Your attendees can enjoy live

performances at the historic Embassy Theatre or Arts United

Center and take in the culture of our city while in town.

Downtown Fort Wayne offers exceptional connectivity. Our Grand Wayne Convention Center is attached to two hotels, extensive parking, our Historic Embassy Theatre, Botanical Gardens and several other attractions via our convenient skybridges.

Activities

Visit Fort Wayne strongly believes the convention or meeting

experience doesn’t have to end following the business day. Fort

Wayne offers many activities for groups of all sizes to enjoy

either during the day or evening hours.

Take in a ballgame at the award-winning Parkview Field, home

of the Fort Wayne Tincaps, or get your taste buds ready for

delicious tours at the DeBrands Fine Chocolates or Olive Twist.

The Embassy Theatre and Fort Wayne Civic Theater offer fan-

favorite shows throughout the year, while Glenbrook Mall and

Jefferson Pointe Shopping Center feature a large display of

popular store choices.

Want to visit one the country’s top 10 best zoos? The Fort

Wayne Children’s Zoo was ranked as the number-one must-see

summer attraction in the state of Indiana.

With countless museums and other historic attractions waiting

your group, we can easily offer suggestions to create an

outstanding off-site itinerary.

Dining & Nightlife

Known as the “City of Restaurants,” Fort Wayne offers countless dinner and nightlife options, including several locally owned hotspots and franchised favorites. Downtown Fort Wayne offers dozens of restaurants within blocks of the Grand Wayne Center, while the Memorial Coliseum is located near over 50 dining options just down the road on Coliseum Boulevard.

And after dinner, you can sit back and relax over a cocktail after a successful business day! You and your event attendees will have plenty of late-night options, whether the evening calls for live music, dancing, or just unwinding.

Downtown Dining District

The Grand Wayne Convention Center is located downtown, just mere blocks from another 20 great eateries!

Transportation

Visit Fort Wayne understands meeting planners do not want a location where their attendees must drive many, many hours just to get to their event.

Fort Wayne is conveniently located in northeast Indiana, only a few hours’ drive from the Midwest cities of Chicago, Detroit, Toledo and Indianapolis, plus many towns in-between. It is easily accessible by I-69, I-80, as well as, US highways 30 and 24 or State highways 27 and 3.

By air, Fort Wayne has approximately 30 arrivals per day on American, Delta, US Air, United and Allegiant airlines, with connections to direct connections to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Minneapolis, Myrtle Beach, Orlando, Ft. Myers and Tampa-St. Petersburg. The Fort Wayne International Airport has been recognized as the ‘friendliest airport in America” too.

“The nation’s friendliest airport.” - USA Today

2013 C.E. Doolin Awards Dinner

We welcome the opportunity to host

Frito Lay’s Ohio/Michigan Region C.E.

Doolin Awards Dinner.

The Fort Wayne Community

Visit Fort Wayne927 S. Harrison StreetFort Wayne, IN 46802www.VisitFortWayne.com1-800-767-7752