Other public meeting spaces

If the library is unable to meet your need for meeting space, here are some other places to try.

Anita Purves Nature Center

1505 N. Broadway Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
367–1544
Mostly nights
4 rooms (2 small/ 2 large)
capacity: 15–60 people
(Fee charged)

Bresnan Meeting Center

706 Kenwood Rd. Champaign, IL 61821
398 — 2591
Call for time and date due to local use
Capacity: 60 people
Fee: $40/hour

Brookens Gymnasium

1776 E. Washington Urbana, IL 61801
367–1544
Call for availability
One room
capacity: 200 people
(Fee charged)

Champaign City Council Chambers

102 N. Neil St. Champaign, IL 61820
contact: 403 — 8700
or browncm@cl.champaign.il.us
Fee: $50.00

Champaign Fire Department Station 5

1810 N. Mattis Ave. Champaign, IL 61821
403 — 7200
wyattse@cl.champaign.il.us
Not available Tues/Wed/Thurs
Capacity: 30–40 people
Fee: $30.00

Champaign Police Department

Training Division
83 E. University Ave. Champaign, IL 61820
403 — 6985
Call for availability
2 rooms; capacity: 25–40 people/40 people
(Free; available only to non-profit organizations)

Douglass Branch Library Meeting Room

504 E. Grove St. Champaign, IL 61820
403 — 2090
(Book this space through the Park District for events outside of library hours; this space is jointly owned by the library and the Park District; fee charged after library hours)

Douglass Community Center

512 E. Grove St. Champaign, IL 61820
398 — 2591
Capacity: 345 people (Gym)
Fee: $60/hour

Hays Center

1311 W. Church St. Champaign, IL 61821
398 — 2591
Capacity: 100 people (Gym)
Fee: $60/hour

Illini Union

Meeting Room Reservations
1401 W. Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
333 — 0691
Capacity: 5–500 people (several rooms)
University $20$150/room
Non University $50 $275/room

Illinois Disciples Foundation

610 E. Springfield Ave. Champaign, IL 61820
355–4865
Capacity: 10–100 people
Fee: $10-$15/hour

Illinois Terminal

45 E. University Ave. Champaign, IL 61820
384 — 3577
(Fee charged)

Lake House at Crystal Lake Park

206 W. Park Urbana, IL 61801
367 — 1544
One room with kitchen
capacity: 50 — 110 people
(Fee charged) – $75 deposit ($50/hour)

Leonhard Recreation Center

2112 W. Sangamon Dr.
Champaign, IL 61821
Capacity: 250 people (Gym)
398 — 2590
Fee: $60/hour

McKinley Presbyterian Foundation

809 S. Fifth St. Champaign, IL 61820
344 — 0297
Call for availablity
(Fee charged)

Parkland College

Community Relations
2400 W. Bradley Ave. Champaign, IL 61821
353 — 2683
Call for availability
Many rooms (classrooms — larger areas)
(Fee charged) — wide range of prices

Phillips Recreation Center

505 W. Stoughton Urbana, IL 61801
367 — 1544
Call for availability
3 rooms
Capacity: 30–120 people
Fee: $40-$130/room

Savoy Recreation Center

402 Graham Dr. Savoy, IL 61874
359 — 3550
Capacity: 15 people
$100 deposit

Springer Cultural Center

301 N. Randolph St. Champaign, IL 61820
398 — 2591
Call two weeks in advance
Capacity: 80 people
Fee: $40/hour

Spurlock Museum

600 S. Gregory St., Urbana 61801
333–2360
(Fee charged)

University YMCA at UIUC

1001 S. Wright St. Champaign, IL 61820
337 — 1500
Call for availability and prices

Urbana Civic Center

108 E. Water St. Urbana, IL 61801
384 — 2375
Capacity: 12–350 people (divided area)
(Fee charged)

The Urbana Free Library

210 W. Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
367 — 4057
Capacity: 80 people (auditorium)
(Free of charge)

Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

202 South Broadway, Room 100 Urbana, IL 61803
344 — 8820
Free to groups that in some way support the IMC mission

Wesley United Methodist Church and Foundation

1203 W. Green St. Urbana, IL 61801
344 — 1120
Auditorium
capacity: 200 people
Fee: $250 (nonprofits only)

Date last revisited: 6/7/2008