The Venue: events

No matter what the event, this extraordinary showroom easily transforms into an extravagant dinner gala, an elegant theater, or an electrifying concert space featuring six luxurious VIP suites. The Venue is equipped with cutting-edge telescopic seating that can retract in under six minutes, providing an expansive space that can accommodate a seated dinner for up to 1,200 or an elaborate cocktail reception for 2,500 guests.

With more than 90,000 square-feet of space located just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, The Venue is the event destination. Created by the same team who designed the Coliseum at Caesars Palace and the Showroom at Wynn Las Vegas. Enjoy extraordinary access, unparalleled flexibility, an elegant contemporary atmosphere, and endless production capabilities. From our huge state-of-the-art kitchen to the automatic loading lifts, a built-in stage, drop-down ceiling grids, and separate dressing rooms are just some of the remarkable features.

Equipment

No other space in the Midwest is more technologically advanced than The Venue. Our cutting-edge sound system and acoustics, the innovative lighting and rigging capabilities, as well as the state-of-the-art visual and special effects can bring any event to life. The automated lifts make for lightning-fast equipment loading and unloading. The entire showroom is flawlessly integrated. Offering you endless ways to produce a truly magnificent entertainment experience.

Sound

The Venue is fully-equipped and totally self-sufficient featuring a complete in-house sound system for front of the house vocal and instrumental sound reinforcement as well as on-stage monitoring for performers. Everything the biggest bands and vocalists in the world use for their headline performances is available for your parties, meetings, and conventions.

Lighting

Flexible and adaptable lighting systems meet the most demanding technical and special effects requirements. Even for the largest productions imaginable. The showroom is equipped with  standard and intelligent lighting with more than 500 connection points, scenic projectors, and 40 state-of-the-art moving light displays.

Video and special effects

A centralized control interface features multiple HD projection layouts. The showroom offers multiple screens for each of The Venue configurations. Live video performance recording and display will adapt to any type of event. And the integrated lighting and video projections creates a wide range of special effects. Immersive programmable effects create continuous visual interaction between numerous screens.

The rigging

Designed to support heavy structural loads at the grid areas of over 200,000 pounds distributed between 64 hoist points. A variety of rigging movements allows for optimal decoration and flexibility.