About this venue
With a creative environment to set the stage, Catalyst Ranch guarantees that your event can be a celebration that leaves a lasting impression. The colorful and creative ambiance of Catalyst Ranch will infuse your event with life and a jovial spirit. Guests will relax, kick up their heels, and have a ball in the unique venue space of Catalyst Ranch. Our historic loft venue is located in the trendy West Loop, steps away from hotels, dining and entertainment.
Our event spaces
Cha Cha
The Cha Cha Room is a favorite of a lot of our clients with its blue and green color palette. At 2,500 sq. ft. there’s space for quite the fantastic silent auction, birthday celebration with band and dancing or very special wedding ceremony. There’s also plenty of space for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah activities and interactive food stations.
Guest capacity
Up to 100 Seated
Square footage
2,500
The Polka Room
The Polka Room bursts with happiness and energy with two walls of windows pouring in sunshine for daytime events and showing off the city at night. The largest room at Catalyst Ranch, it’s our most popular room for fundraisers and wedding ceremonies and receptions. There’s plenty of room for a dance floor, as well as delectable food stations (maybe even a chocolate fountain) and of course the bar. It also has a special nook affectionately called the Harem. Make sure you share a quiet tete-a-tete with a special someone in the Harem when you’re here!
Guest capacity
Up to 150 Seated
Square footage
3,250
Tango
Our most intimate room on the floor is the Tango Room. With its cozy walls of reds and brick and double French doors which open out to the curved purple bar, it’s the perfect room for a baby or wedding shower. Or add it on as a quiet room for your older relatives who want to get away from the loud music in the Polka Room where the younger folks are dancing their feet off – although we’ve caught a grandmother here or there doing the hoola-hoop, so you just never know!
Square footage
700
The Mambo
Enter the Mambo Room through the vintage double French doors and you’ll find yourself in an exotic land of Indian, Thai and Indonesian puppets, hand painted flowers and lush plants. The Mambo Room lends itself to beautiful and memorable wedding ceremonies, anniversary parties, book launches and engagement parties.
Guest capacity
Up to 60 Seated
Square footage
1,100
The 3W Event Space Common Areas
One of the first things you see when you enter the floor is the beautiful curved purple bar which has been used for a dessert station, additional silent auction space and family memorabilia when celebrating that big birthday, to name a few. It’s really your call depending on the type of event you’re hosting. The Sausage Room just across the way has the full collection of Nancy Drew books (in case you need to fresh your memory of how the case in Volume #13 was solved) and a vintage vanity that’s great for primping before the ceremony.
Guest capacity
Up to 200 Seated
The Jitterbug
The Jitterbug Room gets you moving the second you cross its threshold. The lively green and orange color scheme screams happy feet and sets your toes to tapping. Hopefully there’s a band gearing up to start their set. In the meantime, sidle up to the vintage Tiki Bar and enjoy a cocktail and a conversation with a long lost relative. Many a big birthday party has been celebrated in this room from Sweet Sixteen to the big 5-0. We’ve even had one 90th birthday celebration already and hopefully we’ll host a few more. 100 anyone?
Guest capacity
Up to 75 Seated
Square footage
1,400
Cha Cha
The Cha Cha Room is a favorite of a lot of our clients with its blue and green color palette. At 2,500 sq. ft. there’s space for quite the fantastic silent auction, birthday celebration with band and dancing or very special wedding ceremony. There’s also plenty of space for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah activities and interactive food stations.
Guest capacity
Up to 100 Seated
Square footage
2,500
The Polka Room
The Polka Room bursts with happiness and energy with two walls of windows pouring in sunshine for daytime events and showing off the city at night. The largest room at Catalyst Ranch, it’s our most popular room for fundraisers and wedding ceremonies and receptions. There’s plenty of room for a dance floor, as well as delectable food stations (maybe even a chocolate fountain) and of course the bar. It also has a special nook affectionately called the Harem. Make sure you share a quiet tete-a-tete with a special someone in the Harem when you’re here!
Guest capacity
Up to 150 Seated
Square footage
3,250
Tango
Our most intimate room on the floor is the Tango Room. With its cozy walls of reds and brick and double French doors which open out to the curved purple bar, it’s the perfect room for a baby or wedding shower. Or add it on as a quiet room for your older relatives who want to get away from the loud music in the Polka Room where the younger folks are dancing their feet off – although we’ve caught a grandmother here or there doing the hoola-hoop, so you just never know!
Square footage
700
The Mambo
Enter the Mambo Room through the vintage double French doors and you’ll find yourself in an exotic land of Indian, Thai and Indonesian puppets, hand painted flowers and lush plants. The Mambo Room lends itself to beautiful and memorable wedding ceremonies, anniversary parties, book launches and engagement parties.
Guest capacity
Up to 60 Seated
Square footage
1,100
The 3W Event Space Common Areas
One of the first things you see when you enter the floor is the beautiful curved purple bar which has been used for a dessert station, additional silent auction space and family memorabilia when celebrating that big birthday, to name a few. It’s really your call depending on the type of event you’re hosting. The Sausage Room just across the way has the full collection of Nancy Drew books (in case you need to fresh your memory of how the case in Volume #13 was solved) and a vintage vanity that’s great for primping before the ceremony.
Guest capacity
Up to 200 Seated
The Jitterbug
The Jitterbug Room gets you moving the second you cross its threshold. The lively green and orange color scheme screams happy feet and sets your toes to tapping. Hopefully there’s a band gearing up to start their set. In the meantime, sidle up to the vintage Tiki Bar and enjoy a cocktail and a conversation with a long lost relative. Many a big birthday party has been celebrated in this room from Sweet Sixteen to the big 5-0. We’ve even had one 90th birthday celebration already and hopefully we’ll host a few more. 100 anyone?
Guest capacity
Up to 75 Seated
Square footage
1,400
Available services that can be provided by Catalyst Ranch
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event staff
- Lighting/Sound
- On-site accommodations
- Pet friendly
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wedding cake services
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Preferred vendors of Catalyst Ranch
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