The most walkable neighborhood in Jacksonville, Downtown has something for everyone. Downtown’s theaters and performance venues offer more than 28,000 seats and experiences from national acts to Broadway shows to community theater productions. As Northeast Florida’s central location for professional sports – football, baseball, basketball and hockey games fill the calendar year round.
With growing residential, employee and tourism populations, the appetite for a wide range of attractions and amenities will only increase.
Central for conventions, business trips, medical and eco-tourism, Downtown offers nearly 2,500 hotel rooms and 520,000 square feet of air-conditioned meeting space. Upscale hotel accommodations offer a range of on-site amenities and are within walking distance of sports areas, concert venues, dining, entertainment and Downtown’s scenic riverwalks. With easy access to the Interstates 10 and 95, Downtown is a short drive to a 22-mile stretch of beaches, historic St. Augustine and other regional tourism highlights.
Early 2022 marked the opening of the first new hotel in Downtown since 2009. Work is underway on a TRYP by Wyndham, an urban, lifestyle boutique brand in the central core, and on an extended stay, business traveler-targeted Home2 Suites by Hilton. To incentivize a variety of upscale hotel options, the DIA offers a Targeted Hotel REV Grant for full-service hotel projects creating between 25 and 150 rooms with a 4-star or higher rating and containing a full-service restaurant.
