It hosts various local concerts, conventions, and sporting events for the Myrtle Beach area.

Four years later, the convention hosted five candidates in a January 16, 2012 Republican presidential primary debate, also broadcast by Fox News.

Rhodes away also played a crucial role in the creation of the Beach Ball Classic and was even its executive director.

[6] The convention center was the home arena for the Myrtle Beach Stingrays of the National Indoor Football League in 2003 and one game in 2004.

[7] Another indoor football team, the Myrtle Beach Freedom, played at the convention center for one season in 2016.