The Oncenter Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center

The Oncenter Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center is the convention hall of the Oncenter complex in downtown Syracuse, on South State Street beside the Upstate Medical University Arena at the Oncenter War Memorial and the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters. The center has 100,000 square feet of exhibit, ballroom and breakout meeting space and books trade shows, conventions, consumer shows, corporate meetings, banquets and weddings. Food and beverage come from the Oncenter’s in-house catering team, and the Marriott Syracuse Downtown, a block away, is the designated convention center hotel.

What to know

• The Oncenter Parking Garage has 1,000 spaces and connects to the convention center by a skybridge, and an adjacent surface lot has 285 more.
• An underground tunnel links the convention center to the War Memorial arena, so the two buildings can be booked together.
• The venue lists complimentary Wi-Fi, a covered loading dock with five truck bays and two truck entrances to the exhibit floor.
• Catering is handled exclusively by the Oncenter’s in-house team, which works from standard menus or builds custom ones.
• The Oncenter wedding team says the venue focuses on weddings of 150 guests or more.