Unique alternative venues can make any special event or reception a memorable experience.
American Legion Post 92
315 1st Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901
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Assisi Heights Spirituality Center
1001 14th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901
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Surface Parking
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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1
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Reception Capacity
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220
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Banquet Capacity
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120
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Autumn Woods RV Park
1067 Autumnwoods Circle SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
The club house at Autumnwoods RV Park offers two meeting rooms available for rent. Each room has a counter space with a sink ideal for serving food and beverages. Catering is open. Chairs and tables for 100 people are available for use inclusive of the rental fee. Rooms dimensions are 20 ft x40 ft and 40 ft x 40 ft.
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Rate
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$ to $
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Courtesy Clinic Shuttle
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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2
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Banquet Capacity
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100
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Largest Space
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1600 sq-ft
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Total Sq. Ft.
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2400 sq-ft
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Blue Moon Ballroom
2030 Hwy 14 East, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
Ballroom for private receptions, dance lessons, and public dance events. A 5000 sq. ft. facility with a 2000 sq. ft. hardwood maple dance floor complete with ambiance lighting and state of the art sound system.
Outside caterers are welcome. There are no catering fees, gratuity, or commissions from outside vendors or other services.
The facility includes:
Consultation with the Blue Moon Event Coordinator.
Alcohol is permitted - with MN caterer's permit
Blue Moon DJ available - rich, full surround-sound system, includes cordless microphone, disco lights party & mirrored ball.
There is a serving bar & buffet room
Staging for head table, band, or outside DJ On-site staff to assist you during your event
Dance lessons included
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Surface Parking
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Yes
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Handicap Accessible
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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1
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Reception Capacity
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250
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Eagles Club
917 15th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN 55902
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Amenities
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Meeting Rooms
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2
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Reception Capacity
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400
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Dining
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Members only bar and lounge
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Elks Lodge
1652 Hwy 52 North, Rochester, MN 55901
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Amenities
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Handicap Accessible
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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4
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Reception Capacity
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350
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Dining
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Members only bar and lounge
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Garten Marketplatz Perennial Farms
5225 Co. Rd. 15 SW, Byron, MN 55920
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Description
A 10-acre perennial flower farm built during the Civil War, located a few miles SW of Rochester (near Mayowood). The big brick farmhouse has been restored to the era and houses a garden gift shop.
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Meeting Rooms
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3
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Classroom Capacity
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100
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Reception Capacity
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100
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Banquet Capacity
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100
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Dining
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100
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Graham Park
16th Street & 3rd Avenue SE, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
Multiple use venues includes fairgrounds with Graham Arenas which double as indoor ice arenas from October-March and exhibition buildings from April-October. Grandstand and track area are used for horse and car shows, tractor pulls, tug of war competitions and live entertainment.
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History Center of Olmsted County
1195 West Circle Dr SW (Cty Rd 22), Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
Discover the colorful past and fabric of life of Rochester and Olmsted County. The museum is open year-round and contains rare pictures, maps, diaries, and exhibits recounting the story of Rochester's rise as a global leader in health care. Memorial Day through Labor Day, visitors can also explore the William Dee Log Cabin, an early (1862) pioneer home that has been restored and refurbished, as well as the Hadley Valley School House, a traditional one-room school that contains all the artifacts of turn of the century teaching. Walk or drive through the grounds of the George Stoppel Farm, a typical, self-sufficient homestead farm where the earliest settlers lived in the rootcave in 1856.
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Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch
7291 CR 6 SW, Stewartville, MN 55976
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Description
Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch is a Christian Camp in southern Minnesota serving over 22,000 people per year. Our purpose is to provide an opportunity for adults and children to get to know themselves, others, and God better.
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Mayowood Mansion
3720 Mayowood Road SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
Mayowood Mansion is the historic home of three generations of the famous Mayo family. The five story stone structure contains 100 rooms in a beautiful rural wooded setting only 3 miles from downtown Rochester. Function space available for meetings, luncheons, dinners and receptions in the dining room, library, gallery, or outdoor terraces and tea house. Open for regular tours May through October. Private tours may be arranged for large groups. Christmas tours in November.
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Miracle Lodge
7291 County Road 6 SW, Stewartville, MN 55976
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Description
The Miracle Lodge is a 26 room 100% handicapped lodge. Located just 10 miles south of Rochester on the upper branch of the Root River. All rooms are furnished with log furniture and hand made quilts.
Amenities
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Surface Parking
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Yes
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Handicap Accessible
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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3
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Classroom Capacity
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70
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Reception Capacity
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100
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Banquet Capacity
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100
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Hi-speed Wireless
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Yes
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Peace Plaza Downtown
1st Ave SW & 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
The Peace Plaza hosts numerous events throughout the year, like the summer market, from May through September, noontime entertainment with music and theatrical performances, as well as a winter market and fashion show. The plaza is located in the heart of downtown, between two major hotels and adjacent to the Mayo Clinic. Area organizations and business also can rent the outdoor plaza for private events. The size is scalable and may host up to 2,050 people.
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Plummer House of the Arts
1091 Plummer Lane SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
Tour the 49 room mansion with its many innovations built far advanced for its time by Dr. Henry S. Plummer. This Tudor-style mansion sits on 11 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, consisting of formal gardens, bird trail, quarry and water tower. The house is over 300 feet long and is 5 stories high. Grounds open to public year-round. Self-guided tours June through August. Group tours during the remainder of the year may be arranged.
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Quarry Hill Nature Center
701 Silver Creek Road NE, Rochester, MN 55906
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Description
Enjoy the beauty and habitat of southeastern Minnesota by hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, or snowshoeing the meadows, flood plain and upland forests on the 5 miles of trails covering 320 acres. The Nature Center offers interactive displays and exhibits of the area's wildlife and natural beauty including a 1,700 gallon native-fish aquarium. Cross-country ski rental available, also maps.
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Rochester Art Center
40 Civic Center Drive SE, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
The Rochester Art Center is the city's signature venue for innovative contemporary art. In the spacious galleries of our award-winning, 21st century, copper-zinc-glass wrapped building, RAC presents visually stimulating and thought provoking work by emerging Minnesota artists, as well as artists who are nationally and internationally known. RAC is one of the premier places in Rochester for getting together gatherings or a "just getting away" respite.
Hours: Wed-Sat. 10am-5pm., Thurs. 10am-9pm., Sun. 12-5pm, Closed Mon. & Tues / Admission: Adults $5, Seniors 62+ $3, Free to RAC members, students [w/ valid ID], children under 12, Olmsted County Residents, and Military Members & their Families [w/ valid ID]
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Rochester International Event Center
7333 Airport View Drive SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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Description
Fully functional kitchen full-service staff capable of serving up to 850 people. Specializing in wedding receptions and corporate functions.
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Meeting Rooms
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1
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Reception Capacity
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850
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Banquet Capacity
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850
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Dining
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850
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Rochester Senior Center
121 N Broadway, Rochester, MN 55906
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Description
Have your party at the castle! Rochester's Senior Center, notable for it's brick facade and castle tower, boasts a large dance hall with parque floors and stage along with 2 other flexible function spaces. Open catering. Security required with large groups. Parking available for 80 cars. Call for rates.
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Handicap Accessible
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Yes
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Meeting Rooms
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3
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Classroom Capacity
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40
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Reception Capacity
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325
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Banquet Capacity
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300
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Dining
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300
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Largest Space
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Fred Reed Hall
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Total Sq. Ft.
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4,400
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Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial
3rd Avenue and 7th Street SW, Rochester, MN 55901
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Description
Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial is an impressive 3.5 to 5 million dollar Memorial that was built to honor those who died from injuries sustained in the service and dedicated to all those who served. It was built without the use of tax dollars and all committee members are unpaid volunteers. Located just five blocks South of the Mayo Clinic, at 300 7th St SW, it consists of four 35-foot circular granite walls, a 12' X 50' main wall, fifty trees, 4,920 pavers, 21 sponsored benches, and the six Armed Forces Flags plus the Minnesota, POW/MIA and the US Flag. The outside walls feature battle graphics from the Civil War to the Gulf War and the inside walls are engraved with stories of important Military events from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War. A statue of a widow and her son, receiving a telegram, notifying her of the death of her husband, sits in front of the Wall of Remembrance. Statues of a Nurse and Medic treating a wounded soldier on the battlefield are located south of the Wall of Remembrance. A WW II statue stands in a complex at the corner of 6th St. and 2nd Ave SW, the entrance to the Memorial.
Educational markers showing the history and proper etiquette of the American Flag are located inside the walls of the Memorial. The logos of the Military Academies are engraved on the rear of the Wall.
Primary funding came from the sale of pavers, purchased by or for veterans that form the walkways within the Memorial. The pavers are a piece of granite 8" X 20" that contain the name of a veteran, when they served, and the branch they served in. They were sold at $350.00 each. Other fund raising included sponsorship of a bench for $5,000.00, a tree for $500.00, and a flagpole for $2,500.00. We also had many other fundraisers such as golf tournaments, auctions, and sale of pins and medallions. Bob DeWitz, of DeWitz Home Builders, volunteered his expertise for the construction of the Memorial and soliciting people in the construction industry to donate time or material.
Focal point of the Memorial is the Wall of Remembrance, a granite wall twelve feet high by fifty feet long that contains the names of over 2300 men and women, from S.E. Minnesota, that died as a result of injuries sustained in the service from the Civil War to the present.
Canons from the Gulf War and World War I are also located on site.
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studio324
324 South Broadway, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
With the open floor plan, tables and chairs can be set up for whatever needs your event might have. studio324 can host approximately 75 people for a sit down meal using round dinner tables or closer to 100 with a more informal cocktail set up. A projector and sound system are available for rent. studio324 also offers live entertainment with concerts, dances and other events open to the public.
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Reception Capacity
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75-100
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University Center Rochester
851 30th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
In a beautiful campus setting, the University Center Rochester is located only 2 miles from downtown Rochester. Teleconference and interactive TV facilities are available as well as numerous classrooms that accommodate groups of varying sizes from 20-200. There is ample parking and accessibility for the handicapped.
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Wood Lake Meeting Center
210 Wood Lake Drive SE, Rochester, MN 55904
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Description
Seven rooms available for meetings and training events ranging from 8 to 80 people.
Several rooms include overhead LCD projectors.
Several rooms are equipped with a SMART Board interactive whiteboard which enables the trainer to access and control computer-based information and display it on the screen simply by pressing on the interactive whiteboard's touch-sensitive surface. Just walk up and touch the screen.
Catering, registration and other support services available.
Meeting rooms offer convenient amenities including:
High-Speed Wireless Internet
Easy Access to Lodging and Dining
24 Wireless Laptops Available
Comfortable Seating
Registration Area
Onsite Catering
Free Parking
Coffee, Water, Juice, and Soda
Personalized Room Set-Up
Discounts for Multiple Bookings
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