BANQUET & MEETING ROOM FACILITIES Convention Center: Opened in July 1994, the completely renovated and expanded Myrtle Beach Convention Center features an Exhibition Hall of 100,800 column-free square feet, with a clear height to the ceiling of 35 feet. The facility also contains a Grand Ballroom of nearly 17,000 square feet, able to accommodate banquets of up to 1,300 people. And, a total of twenty breakout meeting rooms, accommodating 10 to 160 people are also available for meetings and conventions. A facility of the City of Myrtle Beach, the convention center was built at a cost of $23,000,000, and its primary objective is the booking of regional and national conventions and trade shows. When these groups are contracted, the economic impact to the community and to Horry County is significantly greater than is the booking of local interest events, in that hotels, restaurants, golf courses, entertainment venues and shopping options realize an estimated annualized average of $165 per hotel or motel room/night for every single convention or trade show delegate, in addition to considerable tax revenues helping citizens pay for infrastructure services. Currently, these kinds of bookings carry an average length of stay of 4.1 days nationally. These bookings, therefore, are viewed as first priority for the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, and constitute the targeted market for accomplishing its mission statement. And, the facility is large enough to accommodate 80% of this country's regional and national conventions and trade shows. The development of the Radisson Plaza Hotel adjacent to the Myrtle Beach Convention Center has aided the growth of the business environment in the county. SOURCE: Mr. William J. Sigmon, Jr., Director of Sales and Marketing, Myrtle Beach Convention Center; October, 2000.

Horry County Climate Average Temperature Highs and Average Monthly Precipitation Based on 30 years of data (degrees Fahrenheit) for air and water temperatures and 3 years for precipitation Month Air Water Precip. January 57 51 3.08" February 60 52 3.62" March 66 57 4.27" April 75 62 2.82" May 82 69 4.03" June 87 77 5.11" July 90 81 6.09" August 89 83 6.19" September 84 80 5.57" October 767 73 2.73" November 68 65 2.80" December 59 55 3.17" Ocean Water Trivia: During the summer months, the ocean water along the Grand Strand is about twenty degrees warmer than the ocean water along New York beaches. The lowest temperature Grand Strand ocean water has reached is 47 degrees (in January) and the highest is 88 degrees (in July). Annual Weather Statistical Averages Sunny Days - 215 Overcast Days - 150 Frost Days - 42 Days when maximum temperature is above 90 degrees - 46 Days with .10 inches of rain or more - 72 Average air temperature (°F) - 64 Average water temperature (°F) - 66 Average 1 p.m. relative humidity - 57% Number of sunny days during an average summer month - 18 Number of sunny days during an average winter month - 15 Wettest months - July & August Driest months - October & November Hottest day (105°F) - August 22, 1983 Coldest day (4°F) - January 21, 1985

Shortest Driving Distance (in miles) to Myrtle Beach From: Atlanta, GA 368 Baton Rouge, LA 886 Boston, MA 890 Buffalo, NY 836 Charleston, WV 441 Charlotte, NC 182 Chicago, IL 961 Cincinnati, OH 664 Columbia, SC 138 Daytona Beach, FL 452 Detroit, MI 815 Indianapolis, IN 772 Lexington, KY 587 Memphis, TN 754 Miami, FL 707 Montreal, Que. 1,040 Mobile, AL 689 Nashville, TN 594 New Orleans, LA 828 New York City, NY 674 Orlando, FL 497 Ottawa, Ont. 1,023 Philadelphia, PA 584 Quebec, Que. 1,186 Raleigh, NC 189 Savannah, GA 227 St. Louis, MO 901 Syracuse, NY 827 Tampa, FL 556 Virginia Beach, VA 364 Washington, DC 440     SOURCES: Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, February 2004; South Carolina State Climatology Office; American Automobile Association (AAA).