300+ guest capacity
This venue can host 300+ guests
About this vendor
Gateway Classic Events is a family-friendly classic car museum, exotic vehicle showroom, and special events venue located in O’Fallon, Illinois. Looking for a unique location for your bridal shower, engagement party, wedding ceremony, or reception? Gateway Classic Events offers multiple function spaces that go way beyond the basic ballroom.
Facilities and Capacity
With a maximum capacity of 1,200 guests, Gateway Classic Events offers four flexible event rooms. The facility’s largest space, The Expo Center, is 80,000 square feet. The most popular room for wedding receptions, The Lincoln Lounge, is 10,000 square feet and features space for up to 200 guests along with seating and a dance floor. There are also two smaller spaces: The Cadillac Lounge and The Conference Room.
Cuisine
Gateway Classic Events can coordinate catering through your choice of their three preferred caterers: Bella Milano, Roy-El Catering and Sugarfire Smokehouse. If you’d like to bring in a caterer or service provider outside of this list, you’re more than welcome to do so. Gateway Classic Events will just need the proper licenses and insurances from the vendors you select.
Services Offered
Your rental includes an on-site coordinator, use of the bridal suite, set up, tables, chairs, and parking. Gateway Classic Events also offers an extensive list of event add-ons, which includes the following:
Specialty linen
Table decor
Wifi
Movie theater
Uplighting
Sound system
Extra microphones
Staging
Projector
Screens
Location
Gateway Classic Events is located just 20 minutes outside of St. Louis in O’Fallon, Illinois. For the convenience of your guests, multiple hotels are situated nearby. The St. Louis International Airport, the nearest major airport, is also 30 minutes from the venue.
All of Gateway Classic Events' space comes with access to our showroom. Guests can have cocktails, enjoy a meal, and wander throughout the showroom filled with classic and exotic cars. And if that still isn't enough, guests can kick back and relax in our theater room!
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Guest Capacity
- 300+
Settings
- Ballroom
- Historic Venue
- Museum
Venue Service Offerings
- Food & Catering
- Rentals & Equipment
- Service Staff
Reviews
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3.7
out of 5.03 reviews
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We fell in love with this place the minute we walked inside. The place is immaculate and the cars are awesome to look at. I myself (the bride) am not a car person but my (now husband) is and the look in his eyes when we toured the place...I couldn't say no. There is a space in the back for a beautiful reception and a lounge space as well. guests can walk around and view the cars and enjoy the entire venue. Now, I must mention Ken and Jennifer. They will do ANYTHING to make your big day just as perfect as you want it. I was in touch with Jennifer through most of the process and she is so busy but when you have a question, she makes you feel like her only job is to please you and its wonderful! We had to postpone our wedding due to covid and I called her absolutely in tears. She was just as sad as I was! We rescheduled for April 24th, 2021 and it was absolutely perfect. They allowed us to come in several days before to decorate and were willing to move tables around to make everything look the way we dreamed. My fiance got to pick a car to go behind the cake table and it looked fabulous! The entire reception Ken and Jennifer would come around and ask if everything was to our liking...and it far exceeded our expectations! My husband and I cannot rave about this place enough and our guests had nothing but wonderful things to say! We may be married, but we will be back to see the new cars every so often and say hi to Jennifer and Ken because we cannot thank them enough for making our day that FINALLY came so special!
This place is not good. Just had my wedding and the air conditioner was broke and they never told me it was and it was very very hot the whole day! A circuit blew and we had no music for awhile. And alot more! They placed 2 large fans in venue and it looked terrible! Whole wedding party had fan in background of pictures and videos walking down the aisle. I have asked for a refund because of the poor conditions and stress of everything that went on And they refuse to give me back anything. DO NOT USE THEM!!
Staff was easy to work with and very professional. Everyone loved our reception venue! We had an amazing time and I would highly recommend having your event at this venue.
Contact
1237 Central Park Drive, O'Fallon, IL
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