Upper Delta Region
ExploreWestMemphis.com; @CityofWestMemphis
Just minutes from downtown Memphis, Tenn., West Memphis is a smaller town with convenient connections to big-city amenities across the river, plus its own attractions and charms, according to ExploreWestMemphis.com.
Big River Crossing, the longest pedestrian and bike bridge over the Mississippi, connects the two cities and meets at a 10-mile multi-modal corridor in West Memphis, which features Ducks Unlimited Park and the Big River Trail System.
Event venues include the 1,031-seat Civic Auditorium and the adjacent, recently renovated Eugene Woods Civic Center, which can accommodate 400 people for banquets.
According to ExploreWestMemphis.com, there are approximately 1,400 guest rooms in the city. The 300-room Southland Casino Hotel has space to accommodate 100 people for receptions or seat 60 for meetings. The 121-room Radisson Hotel West Memphis has 7,272 square feet of function space.
