The Madonna Inn can host company meetings, team-building days, vendor shows, receptions and weddings, from about 40 guests in a small room to 1,000 seated or 2,600 standing in its Expo Center. It is a hotel with 110 guest rooms at 100 Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo, California, and every event space is on the same property as the bedrooms.
Seminars and company events
The property lists small meetings, team building and vendor shows among the events it welcomes. For a working session of up to 40 people, the Balcony is a semi-private room that suits small meetings. The Round Room seats 60 and the Gay 90s room seats 70, which covers most board days, training sessions and client dinners.
For trade shows or a company-wide gathering, the Expo Center is the largest indoor event facility on the Central Coast, at over 20,000 square feet. It holds 1,000 seated or 2,600 standing. Madonna Meadows, a 23-acre outdoor area, is offered for team building and vendor shows.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core part of the offer. The Main Dance Floor works as a ceremony space for 160 seated guests and holds 200 standing. It can be combined with the Gay 90s room for larger events that end by 5:00 p.m. The Venetian Room seats 250 and has a saloon-style bar. The Secret Garden, about 8,200 square feet, seats 250 outdoors and is used for ceremonies, cocktail parties and social gatherings.
The Garden Room, on the second level, seats 150 and can have its own private bar. The Round Room can also be set up with a private bar for a smaller banquet.
Rooms and capacities
Seated capacities stated by the property: Balcony 40, Round Room 60, Gay 90s 70, Garden Room 150, Venetian Room 250, Secret Garden 250, Main Dance Floor 160 for a ceremony, Expo Center 1,000. Standing capacities stated: Main Dance Floor 200 and Expo Center 2,600. Madonna Meadows has no stated capacity. The Gay 90s room has live music and dancing from Wednesday through Sunday evenings, so check which days a private booking can use it.
Accommodation
The inn has 110 guest rooms, each with its own theme. Guests of a seminar, a wedding party or a team event can sleep on the property, which removes transfers between the venue and the hotel.
Catering
The property describes its catering as prepared on site. Wedding and banquet menus are published as separate documents on its website, so ask for the current version when you send a request.
History and setting
The Madonna Inn opened in 1958 and is located on Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo, a college town on California's Central Coast. The site combines the hotel, banquet rooms, gardens and the Expo Center, which gives organisers indoor and outdoor options on one address.
Getting there
San Luis Obispo has an Amtrak station and San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. The inn is on Madonna Road in the city, and guests arriving by car find the property from the main highway through town. Confirm parking arrangements for large groups with the events team.
