Corporate Events
We’re a few blocks from the Pennsylvania Convention Center and worlds away from a typical hotel venue. The Kimmel Center and Academy of Music are unique and impressive choices for corporate meetings, business entertainment, special events, and receptions.
Meetings and Entertaining Spaces
Hamilton Garden
Hamilton Garden
This 5,800-square-foot rooftop atrium is an incomparable choice for presentations, press conferences, corporate meetings, award ceremonies, dinners, and receptions. With spectacular 360-degree city views and theatrical lighting, it is our most dazzling space. You will have plenty of room to customize the space, and you can turn on theatrical lighting for a dramatic effect.
Seating Capacity: Seated: 200, Reception: 230
Academy of Music Ballroom
Academy of Music Ballroom
Guests feel like royalty in the Ballroom, full of sparkling chandeliers, gilded walls, and Philadelphia history. Its luxurious ambiance makes conferences, exhibits, corporate meetings, seminars, and VIP dinners dramatic and memorable. Count on modern touches, too, including a rich-sounding professional sound system and Wi-Fi.
Seating Capacity: Seated: 200, Reception: 200
Perelman Theater
Perelman Theater
This large space offers state-of-the-art technology to support that awe-inspiring presentation, plus a 75-foot stage that can be spun around to create a theatrical venue for your very special reception or dinner.
Seating Capacity: 250 Seated, 350 Reception, 650 Theater
Comcast Circle
Comcast Circle
If you need more than one function area, consider Comcast Circle. Its First Tier location, private restrooms and the attached lounge and bar make it ideal for meetings, smaller receptions, and breakout rooms.
Seating Capacity: 75 Theater, 50 Classroom Style, 25 U-Shape
Rendell Room
Rendell Room
An elegant choice for meetings and receptions with an extra touch, with choral acoustics for beautiful appointments. The ceilings are 25 feet high, with hardwood floors. The Rendell Room is perfect for elegantly turned-out meetings, breakout rooms, panel discussions, or speaking engagements.
Seating Capacity: 150 Theater, 100 Classroom Style, 40 U-Shape
First Tier Lounge
First Tier Lounge
This vibrant, open space shows off the Kimmel Center’s signature architecture. The First Tier Lounge has a spectacular view of the Center’s sparkling glass canopy and that bold interior architecture. Impressive for luncheons, receptions, and pre-performance gatherings.
Seating Capacity: 150 Seated, 200 Reception
The Lounge
The Lounge
Walk in, be impressed, start having fun. This spacious, second-tier outdoor balcony overlooks the Avenue of the Arts and the indoor lounge offers options for dining and cocktails with views of the Kimmel Center interior.
Seating Capacity: 230 Seated, 300 Reception
SEI Innovation Studio
SEI Innovation Studio
Our hidden gem. Your guests will think they wandered into an avant-garde theatre space. Imagine this: 2,688 square feet of flexible, uninterrupted space that you can configure in hundreds of different ways. It is a sleek, modern environment that says, “We’re ahead of our time,” without saying a word.
Seating Capacity: 90 Seated, 125 Reception, 150 Theater, 36 U-Shape