Conventions

The Columbus/Platte County Convention & Visitors Bureau would like to invite you to discover Columbus and the Platte County Area!

We are proud of what Columbus has to offer. Columbus prides itself on the fine hospitality, facilities and services available. Our city has (10) hotel/motels and (1) Bed & Breakfast, offering a total of 554 guestrooms. During free time, your attendees will enjoy shopping in our unique specialty shops, antique stores and malls, dining in our fine restaurants and relaxing and playing at our recreational facilities. The friendly, caring people of our community are here to make you feel welcome and to make your stay an enjoyable one.

Columbus is easily accessible and conveniently located 90 minutes from Omaha and Lincoln, 75 minutes from Grand Island and 50 minutes from I-80. U.S. Highways 30 and 81 intersect in the city. Our community of 21,000 is large enough to adequately meet the needs of your group yet not too big to forget that hometown friendly spirit.

Being experienced in hosting events, the Columbus/Platte County Convention & Visitors Bureau will work closely with the planning committee to insure a smooth running convention. We guarantee service above and beyond!
Did you know...

• Columbus is honored to be one of the first two cities in the United States to have steel from the New York Twin Towers.
• Dorothy Lynch dressing is bottled in Duncan 7 miles southwest of Columbus
• Columbus is known as the most industrialized city per capita in the state of Nebraska.
• Columbus is the Picnic Capital of Nebraska.
• The Lincoln Memorial Highway (U.S. Highway 30, New York to San Francisco) and the Pan American Highway (U.S. Highway 81, Winnipeg to Galveston) were built through Platte County in the early 1900’s. These two transcontinental highways cross paths in Columbus.
• Behlen Mfg. supplied the building used in America’s first atomic bomb test in Yucca Flats, Nevada on May 5, 1955. It was positioned 6,800 feet from ground zero and remained intact.

COME & EXPLORE COLUMBUS!!

• Over 60 Restaurants
• 19 Parks
• 4 Golf Courses
• 30 Churches
• 6 Movie Screens
• Microbrewery
• Horse Racing
• Stock Car Racing
• Hiking & Biking Trails
• Fitness Centers
• Pawnee Plunge Water Park
• Recreational Lakes
• Tennis Courts
• Fishing & Hunting
• Specialty Shops
• Antique Shops
• Shopping Mall
• Museums
• Art Gallery

For more information and a Free Visitors Guide please contact:
Deb Loseke, Director
Columbus/Platte County Convention & Visitors Bureau
765 33rd Avenue • P.O. Box 515
Columbus, NE 68602-0515
402-564-2769
dloseke@megavision.com
www.thecolumbuspage.com