A new 2,000-square-foot event center at Adventures on the Gorge is expected to be completed by the fall of 2016. The company, which offers rafting, biking, rock climbing and zip-lining activities, hopes to attract corporate gatherings to its resort located on the rim of the New River Gorge.
LANSING, W.Va. — Adventures on the Gorge, a well-known outdoor resort in Fayette County, is looking to capture more business by catering to groups looking for a place to host business meetings and corporate retreats.
The company, which offers lodging, dining, rafting, biking, rappelling, rock climbing and zip-lining, held a luncheon Tuesday to announce the groundbreaking of the newest addition to its resort on the edge of the New River Gorge, just off of W.Va. 19
Local officials, state leaders and regional economic development staff were in attendance as the company’s leaders announced their plans to build a new 2,000-square-foot conference center and outdoor meeting space, which will be one of its biggest investments to date.
Dave Arnold, one of the company’s founders, said the conference center is meant to attract large and small business gatherings to the resort year round, expanding on their already successful tourism business…
