Baseball’s winter meetings are returning to Dallas. Baseball officials and the Anatole Hotel confirmed Friday that convention space has been reserved for the 2000 winter meetings, Dec. 3-13.
The meetings include the annual gathering of major league teams and executives, along with the even larger assembly of National Association minor league clubs from throughout the country. The meetings also include a baseball trade show and a job fair that attracts thousands of applicants for employment in the industry.
It promises to be a boon for Dallas hotels and restaurants as well. Of the 2,900 rooms at Nashville’s sprawling Opryland Hotel, site of this week’s meetings, more than 2,000 are occupied by meetings attendees. Several hundred more are staying at other area hotels.
The 1999 winter meetings are set for Anaheim, California.