Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta

Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta is a meeting, convention, exhibition, and social-events venue in the Cumberland/Galleria district of Cobb County, northwest of Atlanta, Georgia. The facility operated for many years under the name Cobb Galleria Centre before being renamed Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta in October 2025. It was developed in 1994 by the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority to address demand for a venue suitable for small and mid-sized trade shows, conventions, meetings, and community or social events. The center contains more than 320,000 square feet of total space. Its principal facilities include approximately 144,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 25,000-square-foot ballroom, 20 meeting rooms, and four executive boardrooms. This configuration allows it to host events ranging from exhibitions and industry conventions to corporate meetings, banquets, and other gatherings. According to the reference material, the venue has hosted more than 20,000 events and welcomed approximately 10 million guests over its operating history. The center forms part of the broader Galleria complex, an approximately 88-acre office, retail, hospitality, and entertainment area. It was connected to the former Galleria Specialty Shops and to the 522-room Renaissance Waverly Hotel. Pedestrian connections and nearby infrastructure also link the venue with the Sheraton Suites Galleria Hotel, Cumberland Mall, Truist Park, The Battery Atlanta, and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Its location near the junction of Interstate 75, Interstate 285, and Cobb Parkway/U.S. 41 gives it substantial road access from the Atlanta metropolitan area. The authority responsible for the center has expanded and reinvested in the surrounding asset through acquisitions, construction projects, additional exhibition and parking capacity, and the decision to bring food-and-beverage operations in-house. One of the authority's largest related developments was the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, which opened in 2007. The venue therefore operates not only as a standalone convention facility but also as part of a larger destination serving business events, entertainment, hospitality, retail, and regional tourism. The former Galleria Specialty Shops occupied space below the convention center and predated it. Those shops remained part of the complex's historical identity, although the mall was permanently closed on May 31, 2025. The subsequent October 2025 renaming of the convention venue reflects the center's presentation as a convention-focused facility within the wider Cobb County events and hospitality district. No separate public-company listing or stock-market identity is associated with the venue.

The facility was created in response to the need for a convention venue serving small and mid-sized trade shows, conventions, meetings, and social events in Cobb County and the wider Atlanta metropolitan area. Construction was completed in 1994 by the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority, the public authority that continues to direct the venue. Its location in the Cumberland/Galleria district placed it within a developing mixed-use destination northwest of Atlanta rather than in the city's central business district. The center was integrated into the Galleria complex, an approximately 88-acre area combining offices, retail, hotels, and event-related uses. The Galleria Specialty Shops existed before the convention center and occupied the lower portion of the complex, while meeting and event halls were located above. The convention facility was also connected to the Renaissance Waverly Hotel, which has 522 rooms, creating a relationship between event space and overnight accommodation. Pedestrian links extended to the Sheraton Suites Galleria Hotel, Cumberland Mall, and, later, Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta. Over time, the venue became a substantial regional events asset. Its more than 320,000 square feet of total space includes approximately 144,000 square feet for exhibitions, a 25,000-square-foot ballroom, 20 meeting rooms, and four executive boardrooms. The scale and flexibility of these spaces support industry exhibitions, trade shows, professional conventions, corporate meetings, banquets, and social functions. The center's location at or near the intersection of Interstate 75, Interstate 285, and Cobb Parkway/U.S. 41 has been an important practical feature for visitors arriving by road from across metropolitan Atlanta and the southeastern United States. The operating authority pursued a series of reinvestment initiatives intended to strengthen the surrounding complex and the convention business. These initiatives included acquiring or developing additional exhibition and parking capacity, taking food-and-beverage operations in-house, and acquiring the Galleria Specialty Shops. The authority's most prominent related construction project was the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, which opened in 2007 and broadened the area's role from a convention destination to a wider events and cultural district. The venue's history is also tied to changes in the surrounding retail and entertainment environment. The connected Galleria Specialty Shops, which had predated the convention center, closed permanently on May 31, 2025. In October 2025, the convention facility changed its name from Cobb Galleria Centre to Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta. The renamed venue remains an active convention and meeting center under the direction of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority. Public reference material reports that it has hosted more than 20,000 events and approximately 10 million guests, indicating a substantial cumulative role in the region's business-events economy.

• 2025

  Galleria Specialty Shops closes

  [1]Cobb Convention Center-Atlantaen.wikipedia.org

  The specialty retail mall connected with the center permanently closed on May 31, 2025.

• 2025

  Venue renamed Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta

  [1]Cobb Convention Center-Atlantaen.wikipedia.org

  In October 2025, the former Cobb Galleria Centre adopted the name Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta.

• 2007

  Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre opens

  [1]Cobb Convention Center-Atlantaen.wikipedia.org

  A major related authority development, the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, opened in the surrounding Galleria and Cumberland events district.

• 1994

  Convention center constructed

  [1]Cobb Convention Center-Atlantaen.wikipedia.org

  The Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority constructed the facility to serve small and mid-sized trade shows, conventions, meetings, and social events.

A large regional convention and events venue focused on small and mid-sized trade shows, conventions, meetings, exhibitions, banquets, and social events, supported by nearby hotels, retail, entertainment, and major highway access.

• Exhibition space · 1994

  Exhibit halls

  The center provides approximately 144,000 square feet of exhibition space for trade shows, conventions, public events, and other large-format gatherings. The halls are the facility's principal offering for organizers requiring open floor area, exhibitor capacity, and a venue positioned within the Atlanta metropolitan market.

• Event and banquet space · 1994

  Ballroom

  A 25,000-square-foot ballroom supports banquets, receptions, social events, corporate functions, and convention-related programming. It complements the exhibition halls by providing a more formal or hospitality-oriented setting within the same complex.

• Meeting facilities · 1994

  Meeting rooms and executive boardrooms

  The venue includes 20 meeting rooms and four executive boardrooms. These smaller spaces allow conventions and corporate events to run workshops, breakout sessions, committee meetings, private discussions, and other programming alongside larger exhibitions or plenary events.

• Hospitality services

  Food-and-beverage operations

  The operating authority brought food-and-beverage operations in-house as part of its reinvestment in the venue and surrounding asset. These services support meetings, conventions, banquets, receptions, and other events held at the center.

• 2025

  Rename the venue Cobb Convention Center-AtlantaStrategy

  Background

  The facility had operated for decades as the Cobb Galleria Centre within a broader mixed-use complex. The connected specialty retail mall closed in May 2025, and the venue adopted a more explicit convention-center identity later that year.

  Action taken

  The operating authority changed the venue name to Cobb Convention Center-Atlanta in October 2025.

  Aftermath

  The renamed facility remains an active convention and events venue in the Cumberland/Galleria district. Public information does not provide financial terms for the rebranding.

  Source

1. 1Cobb Convention Center-Atlantaen.wikipedia.org