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Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
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General information
Location	Grapevine, Texas
Coordinates	32°57′14″N 97°03′53″W / 32.9539°N 97.0646°W / 32.9539; -97.0646
Opening	April 2, 2004
Owner	Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
Management	Marriott International
Technical details
Floor count	9
Floor area	(atrium: 4.5 acres, covered)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Hnedak Bobo Group, Inc.
Main contractor	Balfour Beatty Construction (formerly Centex Construction)
Other information
Number of rooms	1,814
Number of suites	127
Number of restaurants	4
Website
Gaylord Texan

Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is an American hotel and convention center, opened in Grapevine, Texas 30 minutes from Dallas - Fort Worth, on April 2, 2004. It has 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m) of meeting space and 1,814 guest rooms.

Gaylord Texan is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International. It is a sister hotel to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, and Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center.

In 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024 it was the location of QuakeCon, a gaming convention based in Texas.

The resort hosted the National Conference of the Technology Student Association from June 28, 2015, through July 2, 2015 and 2022 National TSA Competition.

The Glass Cactus nightclub located at the hotel was named one of Billboard magazine's 25 Hottest Clubs in North America in 2012.

Every year, starting with the second half of the NCAA Division I Football season, the College Football Playoff committee convenes at the hotel on a weekly basis to rank the top 25 teams in its weekly rankings, with their final meeting determining which four teams will advance to play for the National Championship.

Annual events

The resort features an annual event with different themes each year. The event is called ICE! and Lone Star Christmas and is sponsored by different corporations every year. Each annual exhibit is a different holiday theme such as Charlie Brown, Nutcracker, Shrek, and Frosty the Snowman.

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. GmbH, Emporis. "Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine - 233517 - EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Quakecon 2009 - The Geek Pub". 10 March 2012.
4. "Recent National TSA Conferences". www.tsaweb.org.
5. Janda, Greg (2012-08-03). "Glass Cactus Named a Top Nightclub by Billboard". NBC Dallas–Fort Worth. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
6. "Inside the room where College Football Playoff teams are chosen: 13 things they don't tell you about the committee". The Athletic. 1 November 2021.

External links

• Gaylord Texan Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Official Website
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