Off-Site Venues
Murfreesboro’s largest formal event space, 150-guest Maney Hall at Oaklands Mansion is a reproduction Victorian carriage house with a spacious catering kitchen.
“Oaklands Mansion is a pre-Civil War doctor’s plantation on 1,500 acres with an arboretum, walking trail and heritage gardens,” said James Manning, executive director.
Union and Confederate armies once occupied the historic home.
Across the street from the Embassy Suites, the Grove at Williamson Place, a former dairy farm, hosts up to 150 guests in three converted barns with event spaces of 1,500 to 5,000 square feet.
“We’re a farm retreat with a beautiful, rustic, laid-back atmosphere, not a stuffy hotel room,” said Marshall Campbell, manager.
Breweries, Wineries and Distilleries
The Murfreesboro area is rife with sipping spots. Mayday Brewery is a 100-capacity event space with a 1,000-square-foot outdoor deck, signature craft beers and food truck go-withs.
Not far out of town, groups can do tastings at Arrington Vineyards, founded by Kix Brooks of country music’s Brooks and Dunn, where groups of up to 100 can dine outdoors and revel in beautiful vineyard and hill country scenery; Jack Daniel’s Distillery, home of “Tennessee Sippin’ Whiskey,” a variety of tours, and Lynchburg Hardware and General Store; and Short Mountain Distillery, maker of sour mash moonshine on a 400-acre farm and event venue.
Team Building
Known as the Sports Capital of Tennessee due to its first-rate facilities, Murfreesboro hosts Spring Fling, the state’s Olympics-style high school championships. Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center complex, where the events are held, recently underwent a $14 million facelift.
For groups, the city offers an array of team-building options, including six public golf courses, three escape-room choices, an indoor climbing center, and foot golf, a golf-soccer combo.
At 650-acre Stones River National Battlefield, where 23,000 died in one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles, competing teams can learn the many important roles involved in firing a cannon.
Area Attractions
In addition to walking tours, spas and cooking schools, spouses and postmeeting attendees can tour the multibillion-dollar Nissan North America Smyrna factory, maker of the all-electric Leaf automobile; enjoy music and plays in the Murfreesboro Center for the Arts’ 124-seat performance hall; and explore Cannonsburgh Village, a reconstructed 1830s to 1930s Southern settlement with a gristmill and a working blacksmith shop.
Zany fun reigns at Lanes, Trains and Automobiles, a 50,000-square-foot family fun center with 24 bowling lanes, laser tag, bumper cars, and a restaurant and bar, and at Big Bang Dueling Piano Bar, with its high-energy sing-along audience participation and musical comedy.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Location: Middle Tennessee
Access: Nashville International Airport; Interstate 24
Major Meeting Spaces: Embassy Suites by Hilton SE Nashville Murfreesboro, DoubleTree by Hilton Murfreesboro, Hilton Garden Inn Murfreesboro, Holiday Inn Murfreesboro
Hotel Rooms: 4,000 rooms in Rutherford County
Off-site Venues: The Grove at Williamson Place, Maney Hall at Oaklands Mansion, Carriage Lane Reception House and Inn
Contact Info:
Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau
800-716-7560
www.readysetrutherford.com
