Kalahari Resort opened its new conference and events venue, the NIA Center, on September 19th. The $19 million center features 25 meeting rooms, including a 17,200 sf grand ballroom which is divisible into eight more rooms, two 3,500 sf junior ballrooms, four unique African hut-inspired meeting rooms, and an executive conference center. The resort has tapped "MeetingMatrixm" a online planning tool that will allow meeting planners to plan, diagram, and model their meeting plans from a virtual location. There is a total of 95,000 sf of flexible meeting space available.
The Center is an addition to the Kalahari's 596 guest rooms, eight dining options, retail shops, Spa Kalahari, fully equipped fitness center, Ohio's largest indoor waterpark, indoor minature golf, and a newly expanded outdoor waterpark.