Galveston Island Convention Center at The San Luis Resort

The Galveston Island Convention Center sits on the 32-acre San Luis Resort campus on Galveston''s seawall, looking directly onto the Gulf. The building, designed by Houston-based Kirksey Architecture and opened in 2004, runs to 140,000 square feet of function space across 19 named meeting rooms on two levels. Two ground-floor exhibit halls of 21,550 square feet each combine into a single 43,100 square foot column-free hall with 30-foot ceilings, the largest column-free space on Galveston Island. Upstairs, a 15,000 square foot Grand Ballroom divides into three 5,000 square foot sections (A, B, C), each seating 415 banquet, 550 theater, or 525 reception. Six dedicated breakout rooms run along the east wing (Galleon I, II, III; Yacht; Schooner; Clipper) with capacities from 80 to 140 banquet. Two Gulf-view boardrooms (Windward, Leeward) handle ten- to twelve-person executive sessions. The venue lives on the resort campus alongside three adjacent hotel properties, the San Luis Resort & Spa, the Hilton Galveston Island Resort, and the Holiday Inn Resort Galveston-On The Beach, with combined inventory of more than 700 rooms and another 1,400 within a two-mile radius of the seawall. A complimentary shuttle runs to and from contracted hotels. On-site parking serves drive-in attendees. The convention center publishes 100 megabit per second internet bandwidth and advertises in-house audio-visual support, individual lighting and climate controls per room, and soundproof walls between every named space. The venue''s anchor pension-industry hosting commitment is the TEXPERS (Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems) 2026 Annual Conference, April 26 to 29, 2026, with a Basic Trustee Training event running adjacent on April 25. TEXPERS is the statewide trustee-and-staff association serving Texas public retirement systems; its Annual Conference draws several hundred trustees, fund staff, and investment managers across three days of education and exhibit-hall meetings. The closest commercial airport is William P. Hobby (HOU), a domestic hub roughly 55 minutes by ground. George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), an international hub, runs approximately 75 to 90 minutes. Galveston Scholes International (GLS) handles general aviation only; commercial attendees fly into HOU or IAH and drive south. The venue offers a complimentary shuttle to and from contracted hotels and free on-site parking.