Houston Hall's Hall of Flags full of round tables and people during an event with people looking on from the balcony
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Indoor Venues

Historic charm with modern technology, Penn's indoor venues bring your event to the Ivy League.

From classrooms to large event halls, Penn's expansive campus offers a variety of spaces and our team can help you see your event to campus.

Hall of Flags view from the ground floor showing many blue chair set theatre style against a backdrop of large stained glass windows and Ivy League school flags hanging from the ceiling.
Room set in theater style seating facing a window framed by an archway

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Houston Hall's meeting rooms provide an intimate space for discuss and Irvine Auditoriums Mail Hall allows presenters to reach large audiences on a grand scale.

Venue availability varies throughout the year. Contact us for additional information.

Houston Hall

America's first college union building, it was designed by William C. Hays and Milton Medary in a student competition, altered by Robert Rhodes McGoodwin in 1936, and again by Venturi, Scott Brown in 2000.

Explore Houston Hall
  • Room set in theater style seating facing a window framed by an archway
    Meeting room set up with a u-shaped table with a blue table cloth surrounded by chairs. The table is facing a projector screen in an archway.
    Meeting room with wood wall paneling. Two tables with red table clothes in the back with blue chairs in theater style seating with an aisle between them.
    8 Tables with red table clothes and three blue chairs behind each are set up facing a podium
    Ben Franklin Room

    A distinguished medium sized space for your meeting or event--spacious yet graciously scaled, set apart from Houston Hall's higher-traffic areas...

    • 50-100 capacity

    • Semi-portable

    • 1288 sqft

  • Dark wood board room table with food and documents on it surrounded by chairs
    Board room table surrounded by chairs
    Board room table surrounded by chairs with bowls of fruit, documents and a laptop on the table
    Board room table in center of room with painted portraits hung on in gold frames around the wall
    Bishop White Boardroom

    This refined, intimate, boardroom proudly says "Ivy League" with its rich-toned woodwork, Windsor chairs, and portraits gracing the walls, overlooking...

    • Under 50 capacity

    • Exhibit, Semi-portable

    • 55 sqft

  • Meeting room with four rows of four chairs set theater style facing a table with a red table cloth
    Meeting room with blue chairs in groups of four set theater style facing a table with a red tablecloth
    Class of 1947 Suite

    A distinguished space for your meeting or event--spacious yet graciously scaled, set apart from Houston Hall's higher-traffic areas. ...

    • Under 50 capacity

    • Classroom, Exhibit

    • 385 sqft

  • View of Hall of Flags from blacony showing seven Ivy League school flags, as well as blue chairs set theater style facing a podium
    Hall of Flags view from the ground floor showing many blue chair set theatre style against a backdrop of large stained glass windows and Ivy League school flags hanging from the ceiling.
    View of Hall of Flags from the balcony with 13 round tables around the floor surrounded by chairs.
    Hall of Flags view from the ground floor showing many blue chair set theatre style against a backdrop of large stained glass windows and Ivy League school flags hanging from the ceiling.
    Hall of Flags

    The Hall of Flags is a grand space suitable for all types of events. Furniture set-up is versatile and can be arranged for intimate groupings or...

    • Over 300 capacity

    • Auditorium, Exhibit

    • 4203 sqft

Irvine Auditorium

Penn's Irvine Auditorium not only includes the large theater space, but additional event spaces, recital halls as well as practice rooms, dressing rooms, and coat rooms.

Explore Irvine Auditorium
  • View of room with yellow patterned walls and blue chairs set in theater style in front of a podium
    Meeting room set theater style with blue chairs facing a wood paneled wall with a table and three chairs set up
    view of meeting room set up with blue chairs set theater style
    Amado Recital Hall

    The charming Amado Recital Hall, just off the Main Hall, functions primarily as rehearsal and performance space for the University's Department of...

    • 100-300 capacity

    • Auditorium, Semi-portable

    • 1454 sqft

  • Meeting room set with blue chairs theater style
    Set of blue chairs set theater style in a meeting room
    Meeting room set with blue chairs theater style
    Meeting room set with blue chairs theater style
    G7 and G16 Meeting Rooms

    Identical, spacious rooms with an understated, professional ambiance, G16 and G7 Meeting Rooms are both located on the ground floor of Irvine...

    • 50-100 capacity

    • 640 sqft

  • Meeting room with theater style seating arranged in blue chairs in front of a podium.
    Decorative meeting room with high top tables with red and blue table clothes throughout the space
    Decorative meeting room with high top tables with red and blue table clothes throughout the space
    Café '58

    Class of 1958 Café is perfect for a catered reception, offering everything you need on site. A replica of the original fire curtain from the Main Hall...

    • 50-100 capacity

    • Semi-portable

    • 1456 sqft

  • Interior of Irvine Auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania
    The Main Hall

    A breathtaking space, restored to is original splendor. The interior walls of the 1,260-seat main hall are ornamented with decorative symbols...

    • Over 300 capacity

    • Auditorium

    • 1670 sqft

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