Hotel Blackhawk hosts meetings, conferences, receptions, galas and weddings for up to 350 guests, with six event rooms totaling 8,911 square feet and a private dining room. The hotel is at 200 East 3rd Street in downtown Davenport, Iowa, connected to the RiverCenter and the Adler Theatre, and was the first Autograph Collection hotel in Iowa. It is managed by Innkeeper Hospitality Services.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings with a dedicated group service team, audiovisual equipment and convention facilities, and its link to the RiverCenter gives access to exhibit space for larger programs. For a board meeting, the Moline Boardroom (374 square feet) and the Rock Island Boardroom (35 by 16 feet) take small groups. The Davenport Room (71 by 21 feet) suits small and mid-size sessions, and the Bettendorf Room (69 by 28 feet) has a pre-function area on the mezzanine overlooking the main floor, useful for registration and coffee breaks. Club Davenport, on the top floor, looks over the Mississippi River and downtown and works for a networking reception or an executive dinner. Bix Bistro has a private dining room for team meals. Delegates have a business center on site.
Weddings and receptions
The Gold Room has been the hotel's ballroom for formal events since 1915 and has hosted bandleaders such as Guy Lombardo and Stan Kenton. With its chandeliers and period architecture, it is the largest room in the hotel, and the hotel gives 350 guests as its top reception capacity. The in-house chefs prepare wedding menus, and guests from out of town can book rooms upstairs. A dedicated wedding contact handles requests.
Rooms and capacities
The Gold Room measures 88 by 38 feet, or 3,344 square feet, and joins the Davenport Room for a combined 4,835 square feet. Club Davenport measures 55 by 22 feet and the Moline Boardroom 22 by 17 feet. The hotel publishes dimensions rather than layout capacities for each room, so seat counts for theatre, classroom or banquet layouts come from the sales team.
Accommodation
Guestrooms and suites, including king rooms, are on site and bookable through Marriott. Guests have a full-service spa, an indoor pool with hot tub, a sundeck and a bowling alley in the building, which gives a team evening without leaving the hotel. The hotel does not state its room count on its site.
Catering
Events are catered by the hotel's own kitchen, with menus planned with the events team. Day to day, the hotel runs RISE Neighborhood Cafe and Bix Bistro.
History and setting
Hotel Blackhawk has been part of downtown Davenport since 1915 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A restoration created a new grand lobby under a restored skylight. The hotel belongs to a small group of historic properties alongside The Warrior, The Current Iowa, Hotel Saint Louis and Seven Gables Inn.
Getting there
The hotel sits three blocks from the Figge Art Museum and the Capitol Theatre and a few minutes from Moline, Bettendorf, East Moline and Rock Island. Parking is available on site. Quad Cities International Airport in Moline is the nearest airport.
