Loose Mansion hosts corporate meetings, holiday parties, private dinners, wedding ceremonies and receptions for up to 400 guests when the whole house is booked. The restored mansion offers more than 15,000 square feet on Armour Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Seminars and company events
The mansion runs corporate events on an all-inclusive, turnkey basis, with a creative team that plans the day with the client. Formats on its list include team meetings, fiscal-year kickoffs, marketing events, holiday parties, retirement brunches, customer and employee appreciation events, lectures and guest speakers. Sound and HD video systems link all the meeting areas, closed-circuit televisions carry live or prerecorded presentations, and high-speed wireless internet is available. The Main Level seats 75 in a classroom layout and the Ballroom 110, while the Parlor suits a board meeting for up to 36 in a classroom layout.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are offered as all-inclusive packages covering ceremony, reception and rehearsal dinner. Setup, teardown, rentals, furnishings and decor are part of the package. Indoor ceremonies can be held in the Ballroom for up to 220 guests or on the Main Level for 194.
Rooms and capacities
The Main Level offers more than 4,500 square feet for 180 at dinner, 194 theater style or 75 in a classroom, with a dance floor, a stage, a sun porch bar opening onto an outdoor patio, five HD screens and an 8-foot screen. The Lower Level seats 30 for dinner. The Parlor covers 1,000 square feet for 48 at dinner, 50 theater style or 36 in a classroom, with a 700 square foot outdoor Portico deck. The third-floor Ballroom covers 3,200 square feet for 150 at dinner, 220 theater style or 110 in a classroom, with a tin ceiling, a mahogany staircase, a balcony, a large bar and three HD screens; it is reached by stairs only. The Main Level has an electric lift from the parking area.
Accommodation
The Carriage House operates as a bed and breakfast with two suites and five bedrooms over more than 2,200 square feet. Each level has its own kitchenette, living room and bathroom, and the lower level is wheelchair accessible. A continental breakfast is included.
Catering
Food is prepared on site by the mansion's own culinary team, with customizable menus and a range of bar packages. The Main Level has two kitchens, and the Ballroom and Parlor each have a serving kitchen.
History and setting
The house was built between 1907 and 1909 for Jacob Leander Loose and his wife Ella. Jacob Loose co-founded the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, later renamed Sunshine Biscuits, and the house was designed from the start for large gatherings, with a grand salon, a billiard room and a third-floor ballroom. The Saathoff family bought it in 2003 and restored it, and runs it today.
Getting there
The address is 101 East Armour Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64111, in Midtown. Kansas City International Airport is the main airport, and Union Station, served by Amtrak, is a short drive north.
