When the new $550-million meeting and resort destination, Loews Arlington Hotel, opened in the North Texas city’s Entertainment District, it added 888 rooms and five restaurants to the local landscape. But that’s not all. The property also houses the lavish Arlington Convention Center with its massive 266,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting and convention space.

Beyond the sparkling resort pool, surrounded by cabanas and loungers, complete with a water slide, is the hotel’s expansive event lawn positioned to take in the sunset. The hotel ballroom instantly became a meeting and event magnet as well.