The Phoenix Convention Center offers a great meeting and venue space - it is large and your meeting possibilities are endless here. It was also very convenient for us because we stayed at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown (just a 5-minute walk up the street).
The waitstaff themselves were very friendly, kind and helpful to us. They assisted us with our requests and helped us to navigate the space. Unfortunately, this cannot be said about the Banquet Manager. He wasn't the easiest to work with: speaking to us in condescending tones, telling us stuff that wasn't true (i.e., buffet was already replenished, but no food was there) and deny any wrongdoing on his team's parts.
Our meeting was still successful and the space was great, but I definitely feel that some personnel improvements can be made.