705 Pike Street
1 show hosted
The 2026 meeting is held in the Arch building of the Seattle Convention Center. <cite index="2-1">Arch at 705 Pike Street, the Seattle Convention Center's original building, features 61 meeting rooms, four ballrooms and six exhibit halls, as well as a number of cozy seating areas.</cite> <cite index="3-3,3-4">All meeting rooms and ballrooms are fully carpeted and equipped with advanced connectivity and audiovisual support, and the building sits adjacent to Freeway Park, Seattle's largest downtown public space.</cite>
<cite index="30-32,30-33">Arch has 236,700 square feet of exhibition space on the fourth floor, divided into two halls connected by a 90-foot-wide skybridge across Pike Street, with capacity for 1,105 booths or 8,000 people seated for plenary sessions.</cite> <cite index="30-10">The building's main public space is a four-story atrium with restaurants, shops, and public artwork.</cite> The wider campus, combined with the newer Summit building, covers roughly 1.5 million square feet.
The venue offers three on-site parking garages. <cite index="22-1,22-2">The Arch parking garages are located just off Interstate 5 and can accommodate approximately 1,490 vehicles, with daily and monthly parking at the Arch Garage, which is attached to SCC Arch, and Freeway Park, which is adjacent.</cite> <cite index="22-3">Summit's parking garage can accommodate a few hundred vehicles and is available for daily parking.</cite>
By air: <cite index="31-4">The closest airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).</cite>
Light rail: <cite index="25-14,25-15">The Link Light Rail 1 Line runs from SEA Airport to Westlake Station in about 40 minutes, with trains every 8–15 minutes and fares of $2.25–$3.25.</cite> <cite index="25-16">From Westlake Station, walk about two blocks northeast on Pine to 7th Avenue, where the Arch building is across the street.</cite>
Rideshare and taxi: <cite index="25-17">Rideshare drop-off for Arch is at 725 Pike Street.</cite> <cite index="25-43">Rideshare from the airport costs roughly $40–$55 one-way.</cite>
Bus: <cite index="25-18">Bus lines 3, 10, 11, 12, and 49 stop at Pike and 7th Avenue, directly across from Arch.</cite>
The convention center sits in the heart of downtown Seattle, surrounded by hotels within easy walking distance. <cite index="30-15">It is located near several hotels and a major retailing center, as well as the Westlake transit station and a public parking garage.</cite> AOSSM offers discounted rooms through an official booking block for attendees.