Philadelphia Destination Statistics
• Second-largest city on the East Coast
• Third-most populous downtown in the U.S.
• Fourth-largest media market
• Fifth-largest city in the U.S.
• Ninth-busiest airport in the world
• Population: 1,447,395
Philadelphia by the Numbers
• 10,000+ hotel rooms in Center City
• 17,200-plus hotel rooms within a 30-minute drive of the Pennsylvania Convention Center
• 30,000+ hotel rooms in the Greater Philadelphia region
• 2,096 retail shops in Center City
• 207 restaurants in Center City
• 9,200+ acres in Fairmount Park, one of the largest urban parks in the U.S.
• 3,000 murals throughout the city
• 1,400 daily flights at Philadelphia International Airport
• 60 daily nonstop flights from more than 30 international destinations
• 46 million people live in a 200-mile radius of the city
The Expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center
• 528,000 square feet — largest contiguous exhibit space in the Northeast
• 55,400 square feet — largest convention center ballroom on the East Coast
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Sixth-largest state in the U.S.
• Second state admitted to the Union (1787)
• Population: 12, 281,054
Philadelphia Residents
• 50% owner-occupied housing units
• 38 million+ square feet of high-quality commercial office space in Center City
• 170,000+ private-sector jobs in Center City
Philadelphia Firsts
• The first art school and art museum in America, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was founded in Philadelphia in 1805.
• Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States from 1790–1800.
• In 1874, the Philadelphia Zoo became the first zoo to open in the United States.
• The first flag of the United States was sewn in Philadelphia in 1777 by Betsy Ross.
• Philadelphia was the site of the first African American convention, held in 1830.
• The world’s first computer, ENIAC, was built at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
