When meetings and fun needn’t be mutually exclusive, Billings is the destination for your next gathering. After all, how many places can you connect with a T1 line in the morning, then connect with a fly line in the afternoon?

Montana’s largest city offers 3,500 sleeping rooms and over 750,000 square feet of meeting space. The 235,600 square feet of total exhibit space at MetraPark make it the region’s largest convention facility. This venue has hosted everything from Garth Brooks concerts, World Figure Skating Championships and 11,000 attendee conventions to antique shows and benefit dinners.

The recently expanded Holiday Inn Grand Montana has meeting space for up to 3,000 people, including 15 meeting rooms. The “spirit of Montana” theme encompasses the entire ambiance of the hotel. From the atrium’s three story waterfall to the natural colors of the 315 sleeping rooms, guests will be surrounded in western flair with modern conveniences. The 282-room Sheraton Billings Hotel has 16 meeting rooms for groups of up to 1,900 people. Located in downtown Billings, the Sheraton is the largest free-standing all brick building in the world. Guests should be sure to visit the beautiful Skytop room on the 23rd floor, which offers a panoramic view of Billings and the five surrounding mountain ranges. The historic Radisson Northern Hotel, located downtown, offers an inviting Western American lodge decor and 10,660 square feet of meeting space, including eight meeting rooms for up to 650 people. Displaying the Beartooth Mountains to the west, and the Rimrocks to the north, the Billings Hotel & Convention Center has 240 sleeping rooms and 18 meeting and banquet rooms that accommodate up to 1,400 people.

But we don’t just mean business, we also know how to entertain. If it’s history you’re interested in, Billings is your Passport to the Legendary West. We can help to arrange old fashioned cattle drives, pitchfork fondues, rodeos and Old West shootouts for your meeting entertainment. There are also several historic sites surrounding Billings including Pompeys Pillar, the only remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition--Clark’s signature on a sandstone bluff; and the Little Bighorn Battlefield, the site of Custer’s last stand against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors in 1876. The many historical museums in Billings and surrounding area also provide a unique glimpse of the history in the Yellowstone River Valley.

If you’d rather try making history then seeing it, you’ll enjoy testing your luck and skill in some of the world’s most famous fishing waters. Rock Creek and the Stillwater streams, Bighorn and Yellowstone Rivers, and Bighorn and Deadman’s Basin reservoirs are overflowing with blue ribbon fish.

In addition to fishing, there are several other recreational opportunities in this part of “Big Sky Country.” Five public golf courses provide a challenge to any level of golfer. Two downhill ski mountains are located within 140 miles of Billings—Red Lodge Ski and Summer Resort in Red Lodge (just 60 miles from Billings) and Bridger Bowl in Bozeman. Watching abundant wildlife is also a popular pastime in this area. In fact, per square mile in Montana there are 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, 3.3 deer and 896 catchable fish. And the best part is you don’t have to compete to see it because there are less than 6 people in this same area.

Shopping, which some people also consider recreation, is a real treat in Montana with no sales tax! The largest mall in the state, Rimrock Mall, offers over 100 stores, and the downtown and heights shopping districts have unique shops and boutiques to wander through. Billings is an antiquers delight with over five antique dealers just in the downtown area. The historic town of Red Lodge, just 60 miles from Billings, also provides a pleasant shopping experience with antique shops, western stores and boutiques.

The Billings experience is rounded out with exciting cultural events taking place in the city throughout the entire year. Whether it be Broadway productions or professional symphony performances at the Alberta Bair Theater, or internationally acclaimed exhibits at the Yellowstone Art Museum, visitors to Billings are sure to find something to fulfill their cultural interests.

Another pleasurable experience is the fine dining. Some of the best steakhouses in the West can be found in Billings. But we’re not all about beef here. There are also many Chinese, French, Mexican and Mediterranean restaurants to round out your dining experiences.

Getting to Billings is a breeze with 28 daily flights from four major hubs including Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver and Minneapolis. Two Interstate highways also flow into Billings including I-90 from the west and southeast and I-94 from the east.

Billings prides itself on providing some of the best Old West hospitality to be found. Meeting attendees will leave knowing they were welcome and appreciated. So when you can’t decide between business and pleasure, make it Billings. Because why should you have to choose?