Off-Site Venue Options in Peoria, IL

May 16, 2013

Tyler Davidson

Packard Plaza
The elegant, three-story Packard offers the Alexandria Room, accommodating from 12 to 150, and the recently remodeled Ballroom, a two-level space that can accommodate from 50 to 320.

Peoria Riverfront Museum
Whether for a meeting, conference, reception, dinner or other event, this world-class riverfront museum offers a variety of spaces, including a large outdoor plaza.

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Ravina on The Lakes
Situated on a 120-acre private park, Ravina on The Lakes offers two banquet facilities (accommodating up to 5,000), each of which face a scenic lake. The facility can also handle all-day meetings, including F&B.

The Spirit of Peoria
Groups can rent out one deck or the entire paddleboat for two-hour excursions on the Illinois River. The operators can recommend caterers and live bands or local DJs.

Waterhouse
The riverfront Waterhouse includes a Main Room and the Riverfront Room, serving up a festive urban-elegant atmosphere complete with customizable LED lighting, hardwood floors and exposed brick walls.

About the author

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years. In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines.

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism.

Contact: tyler.davidson@meetingstoday.com