Sioux City, Iowa at a Glance
Location: Northwest Iowa
Access: I-29, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Kansas City International Airport, Denver International Airport
Major Meeting Spaces: Sioux City Convention Center, Seaboard Triumph Foods Expo Center, Stoney Creek Hotel and The Warrior Hotel
Hotel Rooms: 3,000-plus
Off-Site Venues: Orpheum Theatre, Design West, The Warehouse, Sioux City Art Center and Sioux City Distilling Company
Contact Info:
Explore Siouxland
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Sioux City, Iowa, is located at the convergence of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, making it a Midwestern destination where people naturally gather. The city sits on the banks of the Missouri River — with Nebraska and South Dakota across the water — and is home to ample green space, as well as entertainment, dining and shopping districts.
Meeting planners will have no shortage of choice with Sioux City’s various event spaces, including modern, blank canvas-style venues like The Warehouse, with a capacity of 100 people, and experiential sites like Oscar Carl Vineyard, a spacious venue with 100-year-old historic charm, a spring-fed pond and a patio overlooking rows of grapevines. The Orpheum Theatre is a restored 1920’s theater and home to the Sioux City Symphony. The elegant downtown space features original decor and lighting fixtures throughout its various rooms, making it ideal for large receptions or dinners. The theater’s in-house lounge, Mo-Mo’s Piano Bar, is perfect for social mingling and intimate gatherings. Seaboard Triumph Foods Expo Center, formerly the Siouxland Expo Center, is one of the area’s most conveniently located spaces, just off Interstate 29, less than 2 miles from downtown. The center has banquet space that can hold up to 2,900 attendees and features an outdoor patio perfect for social hours and networking.
Groups visiting in the summer should plan to add Saturday in the Park to their itineraries. The free outdoor music festival is an annual summer highlight for locals, happening at Grandview Park Municipal Bandshell each July, bringing about 25,000 people to the region for the weekend. Art- and history-loving groups will want to consider post-meeting visits to the Sioux City Public Museum, with exhibitions and walking tours highlighting local history and even housing a collection of Native American artifacts dating back to 1100.
Largest Convention Space
The Sioux City Convention Center is the area’s largest meeting space, with 56,000 square feet in the heart of historic downtown. From corporate meetings to trade shows and conventions, its flexible spaces allow for events of various sizes. Meeting planners can work with the culinary team to customize event menus. The center’s gallery spaces were recently renovated to include updated lighting, airwalls and an upgraded audio system. Surrounded by museums, restaurants, entertainment and shops, the convention center is well situated and is connected to the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Sioux City Downtown, giving meeting attendees easy access to lodging, dining and places to explore.
Off-Site Venues
In Sioux City, planners have access to a range of unique venues ideal for off-sites and special event programming. Sioux City Distilling Company is a brand-new concept in the restored Ogden Building, which once housed a brass works factory. The distillery offers tours to teach guests about its process, along with tastings. The award-winning Sioux City Art Center has three distinct spaces — an atrium, a lecture hall and classrooms — to host a variety of events, from cocktail hours to sit-down dinners and seminars. At Design West, planners can choose from five flexible spaces, each architecturally driven, with brick walls, arched openings and tons of natural light.
Meeting Hotels
For meeting planners looking for a hotel with on-site meeting space, Stoney Creek Hotel is an urban lodge with rustic interiors and 161 guest rooms, plus seven meeting spaces to choose from. The Warrior Hotel offers 148 guest rooms, and its largest meeting room has a capacity of 400. Various spaces are available, from breakout rooms to a sky bar, and it’s all just a short distance to local entertainment at places like the Orpheum Theatre, a two-minute walk away. With views of the Missouri River, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City has 54 rock ’n’ roll-themed rooms and a newly opened 2,850-square-foot meeting space, Encore Hall.
Activities
Sioux City offers a range of options for groups looking to explore during their downtime. Visitors can stroll along Historic Fourth Street, where they’ll find a blend of the city’s heritage with contemporary dining, entertainment and nightlife options stretched over a two-block radius. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy biking, hiking and bird-watching among wooded valleys at the 1,600-acre Stone State Park, located on the north edge of the Loess Hills landform. The park has over 15 miles of connected trails and scenic overlooks. At Trinity Heights, where the tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the U.S. stands at 30 feet high, groups can also access 16 acres of peaceful green garden spaces.
