Whether you're organizing a youth tournament, regional championship, or national qualifier, Rochester is ready to host your next sporting event. With outstanding facilities, comprehensive event services, and easy access from major markets, our welcoming mid-sized city has everything you need to deliver a winning experience—for athletes, fans, and organizers alike.
1. Facilities for Every Event
No matter the size or type of your event, Rochester has a facility for you. With dozens of sport-specific facilities, a 100,000 sq. foot convention center and plenty of hotel space, Rochester has an option for your event. From golf courses to ice rinks, spaces for fencing bouts, outdoor grass and field turf complexes for soccer and lacrosse, outdoor winter sports, to volleyball courts and stadiums – Rochester has it all.
Explore our Facility Playbook to find the perfect match for your next event.
2. Full Suite of Event Services
Let us take on the community details, so you can focus on the competition. By working with the Rochester NY Sports Commission, your event will receive the full attention of Visit Rochester’s award-winning event services team, providing our clients with a full suite of services to ensure the success of your event in Rochester. Whether you are looking for ideas or assistance with enhancing your event through spectator and fan experience services, attendance building, volunteer support, local publicity assistance, design of promotional materials or anything else that your group may need assistance with, our team is here to help.
See our full suite of event service offerings.
3. Easily Accessible
Did you know that Rochester, NY is within a day’s drive of 2/3 of the U.S. population? Conveniently located on the southern shores of Lake Ontario, Rochester is easy to get to, and even easier to get around once you’re here.
- Clocking in at 6 hours from New York City or Boston by car, 90 minutes from the U.S./Canadian border, and 4 hours from Cleveland, Rochester is easily accessible for event attendees from throughout the northeast.
- Bringing in athletes from across the country? The Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) is ten minutes away from downtown Rochester, and services 22 cities with direct routes, and countless others with a single connection.
And once you’re here, you will find a mid-sized city with little traffic, which means your attendees can easily travel between hotels, venues, dining and entertainment.
