Torreón. Convention Venues Torreón Convention Center

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1 Torreón Location Torreón is situated in the region of Coahuila called Laguna to the northeast of México. The city borders the municipality of Matamoros to the east, the municipality of Lerdo to the south and the municipality of Gómez Palacio to the west. It covers an area of 1,210 Sq. Miles. Torreón is located 629 miles from México City. Air Transportation The following airlines fly to and from Torreón: Aeroméxico, Aerocalifornia, Aerolitoral, Continental and American Eagle. Climate During the summer it has a temperature of 93 F-99 F and the winter average is 68 F. It is known as the City of the Great Efforts in honor of the tenacity of its inhabitants against adverse conditions. It is a young city, founded as a borough in 1893 and declared a city on 15 th September Economic Activities Torreón has become an important center of commerce, industry, agriculture and cattle breeding, driven by a multiethnic population. This mix gives Torreón a cosmopolitan touch that transforms it into a place where the people are one of its main attractions. 1 2 Convention Venues Torreón Convention Center Accesibility Time from the Airport: 10 minutes Time from the Bus Terminal: 10 minutes Exhibition Area Meeting Rooms Torreón Convention Center Paseo de la Rosita 908, Col. Campestre la Rosita C.P Torreón, Coahuila Tel. (871) / / cctorreon@prodigy.net.mx Auditorium Banquets Cocktail Classroom Imperial table Mozart D Vinci 1, , Vivaldi Civil Horseshoe

2 Floor Plan University Cultural Center Braulio Fernández Aguirre University Cultural Center Braulio Fernández Aguirre Carretera a Matamoros Km. 11 Tel. (871) / Ext. 100 a 110 Meeting Rooms Area (sq. ft.) Capacity Room With Forum 2, Lateral Rooms 1, Final Rooms 2, Central Room 3, Note: Total 1,600-1,800 people. All the areas of the center are totally equipped. Annex: The Infoteca Building boasts Three Rooms: A) Room One For 150 people B) Room Two For 150 people C) Room Three For 100 people Note: Room One and Two can be joined to make a Room for 350 Persons Exhibitor Services It has acetate, slide and image projectors and screens Floor Plan Exhibition Area 4 Meeting Rooms Auditorium Multi-Purpose Room (Separated in 5 rooms shaped like a pentagon) Reception Area 3 4

3 Laguna Expo Center Gómez Palacio Expo Laguna Expo Center Periférico y Blvd. Independencia Zona Industrial Torreón Tel. (871) Gómez Palacio Expo Periférico Ejercito Nacional s/n Gómez Palacio, Dgo. Tel. (871) Exhibition Area Show room for 2,000 people (25,833 Sq. Ft.), divisible into 3 spaces with a capacity from 450 to 650 people each. Exhibitor Services Air conditioned Large parking area Photocopier, printers, phone and fax equipment Network for computing equipment in wireless access and large band connection to internet Video projector, retro projector and multimedia Audio equipment Floor Plan Hotels Hotel Crowne Plaza Convention Center Paraíso del Desierto Grand Hotel Category N of Rooms Telephone Rooms for Conventions Maximum Capacity 5 Star 193 (871) Star Villa Jardín 5 Star 120 (871) Camino Real 5 Star Fiesta Inn 4 Star , 100 y 120 Holiday Inn Express 4 Star Hampton Inn 4 Star 158 (871) ,30 y 120 El Fresno 4 Star 102 (871) Campestre 4 Star (871) La Villa 4 Star 70 (871) / Calvete 4 Star 100 (871) / Río Nazas 4 Star 152 (871) Posada del Sol 4 Star 105 (871)

4 Special Venues for Events Tourism Convention Center of Torreón Isauro Martínez Theater Regional Museum of La Laguna Main Tourist Attractions of the City Museum of the Casa Del Cerro Museum Of The Revolution Museum of the Railroad Museum El Torreón Sport Gallery Historical Archive Christ of the Noas The la Laguna Regional Museum Natural History Museum U.A.L. Paleontology Museum Isauro Martínez Theater Modern Art Museum Francisco Sarabia Museum Las Etnias Park Fundadores Park Tourist Trolley Main Tourist Attractions in the Surrounding Area San Pedro de las Colonias. The Revolution Museum City of Lerdo and Gómez Palacio, in the State of Durango 7 8 Golf Courses La Rosita Country Club Montebello Country Club Los Azulejos Club Gómez Palacio Country Club Explained Tourist Zones The Dunes of Bilbao: These white sands, located 40 Miles from the city of Torreón, have been the scene of numerous national and foreign films. With an approximate area of 4 sq. miles they present an imposing sight at dawn or sunset. It is here that you can practice some sports such as: resistance running, four wheeled motor biking, walks or simply to enjoy the magnificent sun with your family. Acatita Dunes (43.5 miles north of Francisco I Madero along the highway towards Químicas del Rey). Magnificent formations of fine sand created by erosion which present a spectacular landscape in the midst of the desert, where it is a real pleasure to walk or slide down its soft slopes. In this place you can observe spectacular sunsets which contrast with the golden tones of the dunes. Tobacco Cave The Tobacco Cave (Cueva del Tabaco), is a narrow opening sculpted by nature, in which important acts, papers, decrees and documents in general were kept for four months. These documents formed an important part of our regime of liberty and democracy. Don Benito Juárez and his family were given refuge in this place in a remote and dark cavity, where these archives were kept by brave and loyal men, followers of Juárez, during the civil war and until the Republic was restored.

5 The Bridge Of Ojuela It was in the 16th century when some conquistadors, and especially a Jesuit named Don Cervando de Ojuelos, discovered a mine in what we now know as the municipality of Mapimi. In 1898, a German engineer, called Santiago Minguín, built awooden bridge for transporting the minerals extracted from the mine. Both the mine and the bridge are named after Ojuelos. In order to arrive at the bridge take the highway to Chihuahua. 25 miles later, is the a village of Bermejillo, a short distance further, you turn left, taking the highway to Mapimí, where you will find a toll gate which marks the entrance to the bridge. Finally you need to travel 4.4 miles ascending along a narrow road. The Silent Zone Between the parallels 26 and 28, are The Bermuda Triangle, the Archipelago of Hawaii, the Island of Waho, the Sea of the Devil, Cape Kennedy, Tibet and the Pyramids of Egypt. These are enigmatic zones where exceptional phenomena occur which over time have awakened the interest of archaeologists and scientists. It is precisely on parallel 27 where, Coahuila, Durango and Chihuahua meet, that the Zone of Silence, or Trino Vertex, is located. It is a special place famous for possessing a magnetic force that obstructs the propagation of radio waves and attracts meteorites. It is a semidesert area which encompasses part of the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango, in the region of the Bolsón of Mapimí. There are fossils of marine animals, ammonites, radiolarians, sea urchins and starfish, bivalves, cephalopods y branchiopods some as much as 60 million years old. There are also crystallized mineral formations mainly of iron oxide identified as goethite and hematite. The area is ideal for camping, star-gazing, walks and collecting quartz ans small fossils Del Rosario Caverns In the vicinity of the Del Rosario mountain range, approximately 12.5 miles from Mapimí, you can appreciate extraordinary geological formations sculpted over time which, by means of accumulation and dissolving of salts, creating whimsical figures known as Chimneys, The Lovers, Castles, Thrones, Monsters, and others that possess a notable echo such as, Harp, Piano, Chords and Metals. In order to reach the Sierra del Rosario, where the caverns are found, you must take the turn off for the village of Vicente Suarez (7.5 miles) and then walk five more miles. These caverns, of incredible beauty, have admirable stalactite and stalagmite formations and a lake, which is incredible because of its depth. The total route inside the caverns is one third of a mile, on four levels with an average height of 20 ft. per level. This riverside place in Lerdo, provides incomparable landscape. Raymundo National Park This national park is situated on the side of the Nazas River, at the beginning of the Interoceanic Highway, about 1.8 miles southwest of the City of Lerdo, was declared national by a presidential decree in It is equipped with sport areas, children games, a snack bar, benches and barbeques. The park boasts beautiful scenery, especially after the rainy season. It is ideal for camping due to its abundant vegetation. Visitors can enjoy children s games, a small train, volleyball, basketball, football courts, and a skating rink. Lázaro Cárdenas Dam It has a capacity of 116,538 million cubic feet, The dam is 312 ft. high. The grayish-blue water lies on a bed of igneous rock. It is the biggest dam in México, and controls the immense water flow

6 coming from the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is the main supplier of this vital liquid for this area of the state. The Nazas River begins at the dam s sluice gates in the locality of El Palmito, at an altitude of 5,000 ft. above sea level. Its construction was started in 1930 and it was inaugurated during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas. The main activities are fishing, boat rides, rappel and rock climbing. Useful Information Government Offices and Support Services Coahuila Tourism Institute Blvd. Venustiano Carranza #3206 planta baja Col. Latinoamericana Tel y fax (871) / 46/ 47 Infotour (toll free México) ietcoah@prodigy.net.mx Laguna Promoter for Tourism and Conventions A.C. Paseo de la Rosita # 308-D Col. Campestre la Rosita, CP Torreón Coah. Tel (871) / promoto5@prodigy.net.mx