VENUE: New World Center (Photo Credit: Claudia Uribe)
Miami’s ever-changing landscape of new developments presents a vast array of options for corporate powwows, marketing affairs, and other business-minded functions. Here’s a selection of five top spots from the event experts at BizBash.
For Big Presentations: New World Center
The $160 million, 100,000-square-foot New World Center off Lincoln Road is the new home for the New World Symphony. Designed by Frank Gehry, the center offers ample event space, starting with its main, 30,000-square-foot performance hall, which can seat 756 and has 14 staging configurations. The six-story first-floor atrium serves as the entrance to the building and can accommodate 250 guests for a cocktail party, while the rooftop garden is an 8,000-square-foot area that can host 250 with ocean, city, and bay views. The SunTrust Pavilion, next to the atrium on the ground floor, is a 2,400-square-foot multipurpose room that can seat 175. On the outside of the building is a 7,000-square-foot projection wall available for presentations and entertainment. The outdoor space is part of the Miami Beach Soundscape, a new park developed in conjunction with the performance hall that can accommodate 1,000 people. The building also has some 30 smaller, multipurpose rooms, each with built-in projectors, screens, audio, and HD video recording capabilities. (500 17th St., 305.428.6700, nws.edu)
For Sleek Screenings: Soho Beach House
Screen a film or corporate video for as many as 22 in the Screening Snug, the movie theater inside the Soho Beach House, the London-based private club/hotel chain’s third North American property. Catering is available courtesy of Cecconi’s, the in-house restaurant. Decorated like a private garden, Cecconi’s features a retractable roof in case of rain and can accommodate 150 guests. Other areas of the 50-room oceanfront property are also available for private events. (4385 Collins Ave., 786.507.7300, sohobeachhouse.com)
For a Raw, Open-Air Venue: 1111 Lincoln Road
1111 Lincoln Road, a new outdoor venue on the seventh floor of a parking garage on the corner of Alton and Lincoln Roads, is available for private events. The 23,000-square-foot event space has views of Biscayne Bay and South Beach and accommodates as many as 500. Though the seventh floor with its 34-foot ceiling is the primary event area, the other floors of the garage can be used for pre-function space or as vignettes for large-scale productions. (1111 Lincoln Road, 305.538.9320, 1111lincolnroad.com)
For City Views: Rooftop Lounge
Atop the Townhouse Hotel in Miami Beach, the 5,000-square-foot Rooftop Lounge can accommodate 250 for a reception with expansive city views. Seating for 80 is comprised of white wood chairs and loungers topped with gray and red cushions. There is also a communal table for 12, and catering is provided by the hotel's Bond Street Sushi restaurant. (150 20th St., 305.534.3800, townhousehotel.com)
For Massive Events: JW Marriott Marquis
The indoor entertainment and lifestyle complex of the new downtown 313-room JW Marriott Marquis spans two floors and offers 50,000 square feet of flexible event space. Guests can play pool in the billiard room, sip cocktails in the lounge, or use the virtual bowling alley and golf simulators. The 10,000-square-foot arena on the 19th floor, which can be converted into a basketball or tennis court, can also serve as carpeted event space. For a formal affair, there’s the 20,000-square-foot grand ballroom and 32 breakout rooms, each of which come equipped with flat-screen TVs, wireless Internet, and video transmission capabilities for meetings. Also on-site: an outpost of Daniel Boulud's db Bistro Moderne. (345 Avenue of the Americas, 305.350.0750, marriott.com)
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