The Moscone Center is owned and maintained by the City of San Francisco. With 1.5 million square feet of exhibit space and 106 meeting rooms, it has plenty of room for even the largest corporate events. The venue is spread out over three adjacent buildings, each of which has exhibit space, configurable meeting spaces, and a ballroom.
The Moscone Center is well-served by public transport and is within easy walking distance of thousands of hotels. San Francisco itself offers plenty of entertainment and dining options, and The Moscone Center has been a popular event venue choice for trade shows, exhibitions, and conventions since it opened in 1981.
Location and Contact Information
The Moscone Center is located on Howard Street in the SoMa district of San Francisco.
Moscone Center Administrative Office: 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Administrative Office Phone: (415) 974-4000
General Information: Events@moscone.com
Convention Sales: Convention-Sales@sftravel.com
Facility Services: Internet@moscone.com
Booking at The Moscone Center
All events at The Moscone Center are booked by the San Francisco Travel Association. To start the booking process, submit an RFP. This event venue recommends booking 12 to 18 months in advance to ensure you can secure an appropriate space.
For general questions about holding an event at The Moscone Center, email Convention-Sales@sftravel.com.
Rooms and Spaces
The Moscone Center has three main buildings: North, South, and West. Moscone North and South are connected underground by its exhibition hall and above ground by a pedestrian bridge.
South Moscone and the adjacent West Moscone each have three floors, while North Moscone has just the exhibit and mezzanine floors it shares with South. In all three buildings, the rooms on floors 2 and 3 can be modified with portable walls to create spaces of varying sizes.
Moscone North/South
- North/South Exhibit Level 1: Six individual exhibit spaces, which can be combined to create a contiguous space of over 504,000 square feet
- North/South Lobby level: 10+ rooms totaling over 40,000 square feet
- South Upper Mezzanine: 40,000-square-foot ballroom, plus 10 rooms, totaling over 35,000 square feet
- South Level 2: Features The San Francisco Ballroom, a 50,000-square-foot column-free flexible space with two terraces and a linking bridge to the North building; over a dozen rooms totaling more than 40,000 square feet
- South Level 3: Over 12 rooms totaling 12,000 square feet, plus 22,000 square feet of outdoor terraces
- South Lower Mezzanine: 11 small meeting rooms, each under 1,000 square feet; can be combined to provide larger spaces of up to 3,700 square feet
Moscone West
- Exhibit Level 1: A standalone exhibit space with a 96,000-square-foot exhibit hall, plus a 27,000-square-foot lobby
- Level 2: Nearly 100,000 square feet in total, with 20+ flexibly sized rooms; can be configured into a 97,000-square-foot exhibition space with 25,000-square-foot lobby
- Level 3: Similar to level 3, also with the ability to convert to a 56,000-square-foot ballroom
Event Types
Venues as large as The Moscone Center are typically known for holding big trade shows and exhibitions with tens of thousands of attendees. But smaller industry events will work here too, thanks to the wide variety of rooms and spaces that are available. With up to five exhibit spaces ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 square feet, there’s room for trade and consumer shows both small and large. Conferences, conventions, and meetings can all do well here too.
The San Francisco Travel Association notes that The Moscone Center focuses on booking events that draw out-of-town attendees. If your event is primarily local, with a local audience, it may not receive high booking priority.
Exclusive Vendors and Services
The Moscone Center offers a range of services for events and event planners. The following are all exclusive vendors and service providers. This means events at The Moscone Center must use these vendors exclusively and can’t bring in third parties to provide those services.
Exclusive services at The Moscone Center include:
- Food and Beverage
- Provided by SAVOR…San Francisco
- Includes event menus, specialty concessions, and booth hospitality services
- Contact infosf@moscone.com or (415) 974-4040
- Telecom, Internet, Networking, and Wi-fi
- Provided by Moscone Facility Services
- One single point of contact for all internet, networking, wireless, and phone services
- Contact Moscone Center Facility Services Telecommunications Department at internet@moscone.comor (415) 974-4126
- House Sound
- Provided by Projection
- Turnkey audio, video, and media solutions customized for the event, plus a huge inventory of audio, video, and recording equipment
- Contact moscone@projection.com or (415) 974-4077
- Emergency Medical Services and First Aid
- Services are contracted by CrowdRx
- Moscone First Aid Centers are managed by certified EMTs
- First Aid services are required for all events, from move-in to move-out.
- Coat and Luggage Check Services
- Services provided by Guest Services of America
Nearby Accommodation
There are more than 20,000 hotel rooms within walking distance of the Moscone Center. Hotels near the venue include:
- San Francisco Marriott Marquis
- Hyatt Regency® San Francisco
- W San Francisco
- The Mosser
- Hilton San Francisco
Moscone Center Accessibility
The Moscone Center does not have a wheelchair rental service. However, show managers do receive a list of area vendors who can provide wheelchair rentals. Event attendees are advised to contact the event’s sponsoring organization to arrange for wheelchair rental.
There are designated accessible pickup and drop-off points at the center. These is also on-site parking available on request for disabled attendees.
Transportation and Parking
The Moscone Center has easy access to a range of transit types:
- BART and the MUNI Metro light rail service can transport visitors directly to Moscone North and South.
- Caltrain stations are located a few minutes’ walk from The Moscone Center.
- The San Francisco Bay Ferry serves nine locations around the Bay Area including Alameda, Oakland, and Vallejo.
The Moscone Center does not have on-site parking. Nearby parking locations include The Moscone Center Garage (a three-minute walk) and the Museum Parc Garage (a four-minute walk).
Public Safety
The Moscone Center has a number of fire safety requirements that all events must adhere to. These include working with the center’s appointed Fire Marshal to ensure that the event is planned and monitored as required to maintain minimum fire safety standards.
There are also safety standards for exhibits and other event structures, as well as regulations on storing and using combustible materials, pyrotechnics, and other similar items.
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