The St. Charles Convention Center hosts trade shows, conferences, banquets and weddings, from a 22-seat boardroom to an exhibit hall that seats 3,744 theater style. It offers 83,000 square feet of rentable space in St. Charles, Missouri, west of St. Louis, and is attached to a hotel with 296 rooms.
Seminars and company events
The lower level holds the Exhibition Hall, which divides into a North Hall of 14,500 square feet and a South Hall of 13,100 square feet. Together they cover 27,600 square feet for 2,800 people theater style, 1,596 in classroom rows or 1,900 at banquet tables, with room for 165 booths of 10 by 10 feet. Opened up to include the Junior Ballroom, the expanded hall reaches 35,700 square feet, 3,744 theater style, 2,500 at banquet and 212 booths.
The second level holds the Grand Ballroom, 16,200 square feet, for 1,577 theater style, 816 classroom or 1,050 at banquet. It splits into Ballrooms A, B, C and D of about 4,000 square feet each, every one taking 440 theater style and around 220 at banquet. Ballroom D divides again into three rooms of about 1,400 square feet, each for 144 theater style or 80 at banquet.
Breakouts sit on the lower level. The Junior Ballroom covers 6,025 square feet for 605 theater style or 400 at banquet, and splits into four sections of about 1,500 square feet for 156 theater style. Five meeting rooms numbered 101 to 105 range from 840 to 1,310 square feet, for 72 to 144 theater style or 40 at banquet. Two pre-function rooms of 504 square feet take 48 theater style. For board meetings, the Executive Boardroom seats 22 and the Conference Room 18.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings use one of two ballrooms, with a pre-function room for the cocktail hour and the outdoor marquee sign available for a custom message. An on-site wedding coordinator plans the day with the couple. Linens, chair covers, centerpieces and uplighting are available in house, a cheese and crudité display is part of the reception, event insurance is included in the wedding package, and guests park free in 1,200 spaces. The wedding page does not mention ceremonies on site.
Accommodation
The center is attached to an Embassy Suites hotel with 296 rooms, so delegates and wedding guests can stay next to the event floors. About 120 shops and restaurants lie in the surrounding area.
Catering
A full-service in-house catering team, working in partnership with OVG Hospitality, handles food from multi-day conferences to plated galas. Menus are tailored to each event, and the team can also run concession-style service from a custom menu. Buffets, carving stations and dessert displays are part of the range. Food trucks can come in with a permit from the St. Charles Fire Department, arranged through the event manager. During shows, the St. Charles Grill in the North Exhibit Hall and the Compass Café on the first floor serve attendees.
Getting there
The address is 1 Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO 63303. The center sits close to major highways and about 10 minutes from St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Parking is on site, with 1,200 free spaces cited for weddings.
