The Merchandise Mart, Chicago’s epicenter for high design and luxury goods, provides the ideal setting for your next exhibition or event. The Mart’s Events+Spaces adds together the elements of versatility, reputation, expertise and location, while offering an impressive collection of adaptable venues and an unmatched array of services.

Located in the heart of Chicago’s River North and Loop districts, The Merchandise Mart welcomes more than three million visitors each year to its retail shops, LuxeHome luxury kitchen and bath showrooms, 11 floors of permanent showrooms for gift, home, outdoor and commercial furnishings, 10 floors of office space for leading creative agencies, technology start-ups, educational groups and other leading organizations, dozens of trade shows and a variety of special educational, community and consumer events.

EVENTS+SPACES availabilities include:

Trade shows and expos
Special events
Corporate and association meetings
Corporate dinners
Fundraisers
Product launches
Cocktail parties
Fashion shows
Art shows
Filming
Photography studio
Showcases and installations

Total Capacity of Venue:

We offer a dozen different venues plus 200+ showrooms at The Mart. Please contact us to learn more.

Private or Semi Private Space Available:

Yes

F&B minimum to reserve / use the room (s):

No

Our most Important Target Market is?

Corporate, Civic, and Charity special events, presentations, meetings or exhibitions

We are most proud of our ability to?

Offer an impressive collection of adaptable venues and unmatched array of services

We are famous with customers for our ability to?

Provide excellent comprehensive event setup labor (union) and

Unlike our competition, we offer customers?

Unrivaled venues including luxury inspired showrooms, high-tech meeting spaces and expansive trade show floors

We would like our customers to tell their friends that we provide the best?

Celebrated art deco lobby, breathtaking city and river views from our South River Drive, show floors and meeting spaces

Our company enhances customer lives by offering?

The Merchandise Mart is the world’s largest commercial building, wholesale design center and one of Chicago’s premier international business locations. Encompassing 4.2 million gross square feet, The Mart spans two city blocks and rises 25 stories.

We offer our customers the best?

35 years of knowledge related to planning events in Chicago and throughout the country, with experience managing over 300 events per year, including dozens of trade shows, and educational, community and consumer events.

Recent Clients:

University of Illinois, Young Presidents’ Organization, POWER 2011: Opening Doors For Women, Friends of The Chicago River, Koenig & Strey

Awards/Achievements:

The world’s largest LEED-EB Building – LEED Silver, Awarded 2007

Perfect for the following events:

Company Meetings
Conventions/Conferences
Corporate Events
Fund Raiser
Non Profit Events
Private Party

Located in the heart of Chicago’s River North and Loop districts, The Merchandise Mart is easily accessible from all downtown hotels. The Mart boasts an elevated “L” train stop and a taxi stand at its front door.

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TOPGOLF TO DEBUT NEWEST PRIVATE EVENT SPACE AS SUMMER SEASON HEATS UP

Stylistic “Signature Room” Will Offer Access to Private Up-Scale Hitting Bays, Multi-Use Accommodations for Groups of 40-200

TopGolf, the nation’s premiere golf entertainment concept, will debut a newly remodeled private event space at its Wood Dale facility just in time for summer office parties, family reunions and charity events looking for a new, cost-effective twist on traditional golf outings. 

The “Signature Room” will feature:

(8) private hitting bays for up to 40 people playing simultaneously
Seating/Cocktail settings for 80/200 people
A private bar and lounge with LCD TVs
Full-scale corporate meeting capabilities
A water fall vestibule entrance with sliding glass doors to the main lobby

WHERE:

TopGolf Wood Dale

699 W. Thorndale Avenue (1 mile east of I-290)

Wood Dale, IL 60191

WHY: 

“TopGolf is an incredibly unique concept and our core fans have given us invaluable feedback over the years,” said Brett Hintz, General Manager of TopGolf Wood Dale. “That includes our meeting planners, event hosts, and guests who were looking for additional climate and acoustically controlled event space that would allow for a productive sales meeting or event that then could easily transition into a fun and entertaining corporate or social outing all under one roof.”

ABOUT TOPGOLF

TopGolf is a dynamic entertainment facility that combines the basic elements of golf with cutting-edge technology to create an easy-to-play game for players of all experience levels.  Players compete in private hitting bays that accommodate up to six people and include food and drink service, or in private event spaces for larger groups.  TopGolf is open year-round and has facilities in the Washington DC, Chicago and Dallas markets.

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corporate & family picnics

 

Haunted Trails Family Fun Park & Picnic Grounds
1423 N. Broadway
(Route 53)
Joliet, IL 60435

Beautiful Setting – Great Fun – Good Food – Affordable Pricing
Haunted Trails of Joliet is the perfect location to raise your spirits and have a monstrous good time!

The majestic oak trees and manicured lawn provide a picturesque setting and relaxing atmosphere. The variety of attractions is guaranteed to keep everyone laughing and smiling all day. Guests will enjoy…

- 3 Go-Kart Tracks
- Laser Tag Arena
- Indoor/Outdoor Rides
- Batting Cages
- 2 Award-Winning 18-Hole Miniature Golf Courses
- Entertainment Center with Hundred’s of Games!
- 250-seat Restaurant with a Private Dining Room

Our picnic grove areas include picnic tables, volleyball, horseshoe pits and bean bag toss. Buffet menus range from a Pizza & Pasta Buffet to an All American BBQ to a Hawaiian Pig Roast.

“We’ll do the work…you take the compliments.” Whether your group is 200 or 2000, our event planners will help personalize your event so that it fits your budget and creative expectations.

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL OUR PRIVATE EVENTS MANAGER directly for your upcoming party, meeting or event

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Meeting and Event Producers

CREATIVE IMPACT GROUP
666 Dundee Rd.
Suite 902
Northbrook, IL 60062

One call does it all! We can provide all types of entertaint (bands, DJ’s, specialty talent, lookalikes, costumed characters, celebrity shows and appearances, sports celebrities, celebrity chefs), floral design, themed props/décor, professional speakers, team-building activities (custom murder mysteries, game shows, and citywide scavenger hunts), personnel, registration, trade show crowd gatherers, trade show narrators, live custom scripted presentations for meetings and trade shows, corporate communications, and destination management services. We are your behind-the-scenes production team. No matter how large or small, we will provide the impact you need to achieve your specific event goals.

CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO OUR PRODUCTION TEAM to inquire about your upcoming meeting, conference, party or event.

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Casey Moran’s is Wrigleyville’s premier sports bar located near the corner of Waveland Avenue and Clark Street. This local hot spot boasts six fully stocked bars, dance floor, beer garden with retractable roof, upper level VIP lounge and rooftop deck! Private and Semi Private Event Space Available! Send us an email

Cubby Bear is a 30,000 square foot venue that specializes in Cubs outings, but can accommodate birthday, corporate and social events ranging from 20-1200 guests. We offer three private party rooms, each with their own bar, washroom, sound system and numerous plasma TVs. Private and Semi Private Event Space Available! Send us an email

Vines on Clark, located in Chicago’s historic Wrigleyville area, is a modern sports bar and grille featuring contemporary cuisine and wine at affordable prices. Whether you want to watch the Chicago Cubs or have a nice romantic dinner; Vines on Clark offers something for everyone. In addition to the largest outdoor patio near Wrigley Field, Vines on Clark features a comfortable 100-seat dining room, fireplace lounge and a separate 50-seat roof deck; all of which are available for private parties. Private and Semi Private Event Space Available! Send us an email

Rockit Bar & Grill in Wrigleyville is perfect for pre Cub game meetings, engagement party, corporate event, client outing prior to or after Cub games and Cub post parties. Our signature menu reflects the overall appeal of the venue, and has won national acclaim for the innovativeness of the cuisine, and carries over into the private party menu selections that are delightfully executed for corporate and social events. Private and Semi Private Event Space Available! Send us an email

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Oxygen Bars are perfect for Private Parties:

Breathe new life into your next party and feel the oxygen difference with an Oasis Oxygen Bar from Casino Party Planners. We will provide a beautiful lighted bar with bubble walls that transcends into any decor. We combine 92% pure oxygen along with popular aromatherapies to create an uplifting, invigorating, and therapeutic session that your guests will be talking about long after the event!

Each bar seats four guests at a time, providing oxygen “shots” that last from five – ten minutes each (our recommended per-person session time for special events). Individual sessions can actually go as long as 20 minutes for a private party.

Oxygen Bars are perfect for Corporate & Special Events:

For corporate events, this is the perfect way to keep potential clients seated and listening to what you have to say in a relaxing manner. Imagine how easy it is to start up a conversation with a client or prospect about the services your company could provide during an oxygen session, giving you yet another golden opportunity to give event visitors your sales pitch.

This is the perfect way to keep potential clients and/or party guests entertained. There are always long lines of people waiting to try the bar. No other product can offer you this type of relaxed, receptive, and captive audience, especially at our low cost!

With an Oasis Oxygen Bar, you and your company will be the main attraction! Our Oxygen bars are an unbelievable attention grabber and powerful sales tool for our clients; the visitors to the event will remember your logo, your company, and the incredible oxygen bar adventure you provided. Oasis Oxygen Bars will make your clients beg for an invite to your next event.

Let an Oasis Oxygen Bar make your future trade show, expo, convention or special event an affair to remember!

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House of Blues Chicago

329 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610

House of Blues® Chicago is a 55,000 square foot venue centrally located in the historic Marina City Complex along the Chicago River. Presenting a new era in special event venues, House of Blues is a richly unique setting for corporate or private events, meetings and parties. From a sit-down lunch to a whole-house buyout, our House can be your House!

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House of Blues provides the best in live music and eclectic cuisine for events both large and small accommodating groups between 25 – 1800. Whether you crave our famous Southern specialties or want to create a custom menu, we’ll help satisfy your guest’s tastes. House of Blues is also able to customize your menu to incorporate local, organic and sustainable ingredients. Bring your group to House of Blues and experience our Southern hospitality.

Total Capacity and Names of Group Rooms:

1. Music Hall – Seated: 250 / Reception: 1,000
2. Back Porch Restaurant – Seated: 250 / Reception: 400
3. Chicago Room / Bourbon Street – Seated: 120 / Reception: 130
4. Chicago Room – Seated: 75 / Reception: 85
5. Delta Room- Seated: 55 / Reception 50
6. Foundation Dining Room – Seated: 55 / Reception 100
7. Venue Buyout Reception: 1,800 – 2,000

Total Capacity of Venue:
1800

Private or Semi Private Space Available:
Yes

Room Set at Capacity:
Seating arrangements vary

Unique views?
Located near historical Maria City Towers

F&B minimum to reserve / use the room (s):
Yes

Rental Fee to Reserve / Use the Room:
A rental fee may apply depending on type of event and room location

Our most Important Target Market is?

Conventions, Local Corporation & Social Groups between 25 – 1000 people looking for live entertainment experience

We are most proud of our ability to?

Deliver a seamless event experience from start to finish

We are famous with customers for our ability to?

To provide local / national talent with good food and personal

Unlike our competition, we offer customers?

Three unique and different event spaces

We would like our customers to tell their friends that we provide the best?

Value, Service and Musical Acts.

Our company enhances customer lives by offering?

An event experience that incorporates live music and southern inspired cuisine

We offer our customers the best?

Parties in Chicago

Recent Clients:

Financial – Technology – Social to include Bar / Bat Mitzvahs – Conventions – Universities

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Our ice bars are designed and sculpted to your exact specifications. We’ve made ice bars for everything from private parties to new product introductions. With our in-house technology we can freeze almost anything in our crystal clear ice blocks. We can add products and advertising messages or include a perfectly cut corporate logo. We can design and engineer almost anything you need. (An average bar is approximately 8 feet long and 45 inches tall). Contact us for a consultation.

An ice luge is an ice sculpture that is designed to chill beverages while traveling through the ice. Ice luges are entertaining additions to any party. We design our luges in two ways…liquids may be poured and slide down directly on cut trails created on the surface of the ice. These work perfectly for shorter events. For a longer events we can freeze clear vinyl tubes inside the ice. You can pour through them using funnels at the top.We can create a unique luge just for you, or you may want to choose from our many popular designs.

Man, A Chainsaw And
A Block Of Ice…

these are the tools that created the oldest and largest ice sculpture company in the Midwest.

In 1980, with a dream and a desire, Jim Nadeau set out to introduce the art of ice sculpting to the Chicago land area. Now, 29 years later, with a talented staff of professional carvers and state-of-the-art CNC technology, Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures is Chicago’s premier ice carving company, qualified to handle any ice-related project, from wedding ice sculptures and corporate logos to large ice festivals.

We work closely with hotels, restaurants, country clubs, caterers, banquet halls and ad agencies, both in the Chicago area and nationally. We’ve created ice displays that have been seen in national print ads, on billboards and in TV commercials and motion pictures. At ice festivals and trade shows we’ve provided entertainment with on-site demonstrations and interactive displays.

Whether you’re planning a corporate event, the wedding of your dreams, a bar/bat mitzvah, a birthday or an anniversary, we can add that beauty of ice.

Visit our listing on Hereschicago.com to order or schedule an appointment to visit our studio.

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Artists, Events & Entertainment Inc. is a Chicago based entertainment company who can provide all types of entertainment for your special event.

From intimate private parties and small social gatherings to weddings, large corporate affairs and social Fund-Raisers.

With the right entertainment, your event is sure to be a success. Whether you have a special theme in mind, or want us to provide some creative ideas, we have the ideal entertainment for you, your guests and your budget!

Themed Events – AE&E will provide the perfect entertainment for your special event.

* Sport Celebrities
* Speakers
* Dancers
* Name Attractions
* Murder Mysteries
* Interactive Events
* Games and Rides
* Clowns
* Inflatables
* Interactive Games
* Caricature Artists
* Face Painters
* Mimes
* Space
* Safari/ Jungle
* Magicians
o close up
o comedy
o illusions
* Jugglers
* Trade Show Models
* E.S.P. – Mindreaders
* Hypnotists
* Laser Shows
* Psychic Night
* Circus Themes
* 70′s Disco
* 50′s, 60′s Beach
* Mexican

Click here to visit our listing on Hereschicago.com to contact us for your upcoming event

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Chicago White Sox Non Game Day Experiences

333 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60616

U.S. Cellular Field offers a wide variety of party areas on game days, non game days and all winter. Impress your guests with award winning catering and service by Levy Restaurants. U.S. Cellular Field provides complimentary and plentiful parking on non-game days and options to personalize our centerfield scoreboard. We are conveniently located near public transportation including CTA, Red Line and Metra Stations along with the expressway. To make your next party unforgettable, contact our event planners today!

Total Capacity and Names of Group Rooms:

1.On Field & Concourse Parties – 10 – 2,000 people
2.The Stadium Club – 90 – 600 people
3.Home Plate Club – 30 – 130 people
4.Conferenece & Learning Center – 150 people
5.Home or Visitor Club House – 20 – 100 people

Private or Semi Private Space Available:
Yes

F&B minimum to reserve / use the room (s):
Yes

Our most Important Target Market is?

Corporate, Meetings planners, Charity & Social Events

We are most proud of our ability to?

Offer a unique experience in a major league ballpark. Complimentary parking. Customize an experience to fit your taste and budget.

We are famous with customers for our ability to?

Provide one stop shopping for all event needs with fabulous customer service.

Unlike our competition, we offer customers?

A unique opportunity you can not get in any other MLB ball parks in Chicago. Pictures in the Dugouts. Customize the scoreboard. Complimentary Parking

We would like our customers to tell their friends that we provide the best?

Amazing memories, ease in planning, delicious food and great customer service.

Our company enhances customer lives by offering?

Creating unforgettable memories

We offer our customers the best?

We surprise customers with great cuisine and customer service within a Major League Baseball ballpark.

Recent Clients:

1.Banking 2.Financial Services 3.Manufacturing Companies 4.Law Firms 5.Charities 6. Premier Packaging Suppliers

Awards/Achievements:

2005 World Series Champions. 2009 Levy Restaurants named one of the 10 most innovative companies in Sports

Types of Groups that are perfect for a Chicago White Sox party:

* Anniversary
* Bachelor/Bachelorette
* Bar/Bat Mitzvahs
* Birthday Party
* Bridal Shower
* Company Meetings
* Conventions/Conferences
* Corporate Events
* Fund Raiser
* Graduation Party
* Group Travel
* High Schools
* Non Profit Events
* Private Party
* Retirement Party
* Reunions
* Weddings

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