Mcnamara Alumni Center

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200 Oak Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455

Awards

**Best University Venue by Minnesota Meetings & Events magazine **Best Venue Website by Unique Venues **Best High Tech Venue by Unique Venues **Brides magazine named McNamara one of the Top 50 Places to Get Married in America!

Amenities

Facilities

  • AV capabilities
  • Business center
  • Furniture
  • Internet access
  • Lighting
  • Other decor
  • Space (outdoor)
  • Space (private)
  • Table linens
  • Wheelchair accessible

Equipment

  • Dance floor
  • Loading dock
  • Staging area

Alcohol and catering

  • Alcohol allowed
  • Onsite catering
  • Onsite kitchen

Distance from airport

  • 10 mi. from venue

Parking

  • Paid parking
  • Valet parking
  • Street parking
  • Bus parking

Mcnamara Alumni Center Meeting Space

Total meeting space35,000 sq. ft.
Meeting rooms10
Standing capacity800
Largest room12,000 sq. ft.
Second largest room2,600 sq. ft.
Seating capacity500
Space (Private)35,000 sq. ft.
Space (Outdoor)8,000 sq. ft.

Venue Costs

Cost type
Description
Currency
Maximum radius
Minimum
Room rental fee
Memorial Hall
USD
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
Room rental fee
A.I. Johnson Great Room
USD
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Room rental fee
University Hall
USD
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Room rental fee
Thomas Swain Room
USD
$1,100.00
$1,000.00
Room rental fee
Heritage Gallery
USD
$1,100.00
$1,000.00
Room rental fee
Ski-U-Mah Room
USD
$900.00
$900.00
Room rental fee
Minnesota Room
USD
$450.00
$450.00
Room rental fee
The Commons
USD
$450.00
$450.00
Room rental fee
Gateway
USD
$250.00
$250.00
Room rental fee
Big Ten
USD
$250.00
$250.00
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Local Attractions

Downtown St. Paul

Business district
15 minutes away
Downtown St. Paul is a quick drive on Interstate 94 from McNamara Alumni Center. McNamara makes a great venue for social events that are part of large, multi-day conferences in the capitol city. Cross the river to see Minneapolis!

Target Field, US Bank Stadium

Recreation
15 minutes away
Downtown Minneapolis is just 2 Light Rail stops from McNamara Alumni Center. Target Center for concerts, Target Field for baseball and US Bank Stadium for football are easy to get to from McNamara.

Minneapolis Convention Center

Convention center
15 minutes away
The Minneapolis Convention Center is in downtown Minneapolis and a short bus ride from McNamara Alumni Center. Many multi-day conventions and conferences choose McNamara as a unique, offsite dinner venue or post-conference networking reception. McNamara can host 500 people maximum for dinner and 800-100 people reception style.

Mall of America

Shopping
15 minutes away
With more than 520 stores, the Mall of America is the 9th largest shopping mall in the world, the largest in North America.

More

The McNamara Alumni Center is a gorgeous event venue on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. With ten unique rooms, accommodating 50 to 1500 people, the conference center is a popular Minneapolis venue for conferences, galas and wedding receptions. It's even been featured in a national car commercial and MTV music video. McNamara has many conveniences, including award-winning AV capabilities, adjacent 500-car parking ramp, tunnel connection to the Graduate Minneapolis Hotel, quick highway access and award-winning D’Amico Catering onsite. Nearly 500 events were held at McNamara in 2023, attended by nearly 63,000 people, and our average customer service rating was 4.9 out of 5.0.

Event Insurance

Event insurance

Facility Restrictions

Room rental rates include up to 6 hours of use, set-up of the room per your custom needs and built-in screen, projector and internet. After hours charges may be incurred for evening and weekend events.

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