Top Shawnee Venues

• Spaces for 350 Guests

The Kansas City Airport Marriott stands as the only hotel on the grounds of Kansas City International Airport, a location that gives event planners a meaningful advantage when coordinating travel and lodging for out-of-town guests. A complimentary shuttle connects the property to all airport terminals, and on-site parking accommodates meeting groups directly at the hotel. The property offers 11 flexible event venues for gatherings of varying scales. The Grand Ballroom serves as the anchor for formal receptions and banquets, while the temperature-controlled Pavilion — overlooking the Bern Reservoir — provides a scenic enclosed alternative. An outdoor lakeside space supports ceremonies and cocktail receptions in a natural setting. A dedicated events team and in-house catering manage logistics on-site from planning through service. KC tap + table, the hotel's own restaurant, is also available for rehearsal dinners and private cocktail hours, featuring local brews and an outside patio.

• Spaces for 65-700 Guests
• 1 Theater
• 6 Event Spaces
• 6 Meeting Spaces

The Liberty Community Center has served as a hub of connection in Liberty, Missouri since it opened in 1992. Located at 1600 S. Withers Road with free parking and convenient access to both I-35 and I-435, the center draws guests from across the Kansas City metro area for recreation, wellness, and private events. For events, the center offers six configurable meeting rooms — the Red, White, and Blue Rooms — that can be rented individually or in combination to accommodate gatherings from 65 to 500 guests. Ceiling-mounted screens, tables, chairs, and complimentary room setup are included with every rental; video projectors, coffee stations, and sound systems are available as add-ons. On the same campus, the Liberty Performing Arts Theatre seats 700 in a traditional proscenium house with an expansive stage, professional lighting and audio, and two backstage dressing rooms. The theatre accommodates live performances, corporate seminars, concerts, product launches, and large-scale events at rates described as typically well below comparable hotel ballrooms and convention centers.

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm

Mildale Farm is Johnson County Parks & Recreation District's premier event facility, set on 22 rolling acres adjacent to over 600 acres of parkland just minutes from Kansas City in Edgerton, Kansas. The property is framed by approximately five miles of three-rail white fencing and dotted with nine man-made fishing ponds, giving it an unmistakably pastoral character. The centerpiece of the property is an 8,672-square-foot equestrian-style barn featuring soaring beams, a center cupola, dormer windows, and hand-laid brick floors. The barn accommodates up to 300 guests and comes equipped with a catering kitchen, restrooms, HVAC, a coat room, 350 white padded chairs, and a full complement of round and banquet tables. It is well suited for weddings, galas, family reunions, holiday parties, and corporate retreats. For events that extend into the weekend, the property also includes a 3,354-square-foot Williamsburg-style estate house that sleeps up to eight guests overnight and a 1,249-square-foot cottage that accommodates four — making Mildale Farm an option for celebrations that carry on well past the reception.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Country Club

Shiloh Springs Golf Club is a semi-private 18-hole course set atop the rolling hills of Platte County, Missouri. The club's banquet facilities welcome private events of all kinds — from weddings and birthday celebrations to corporate retreats and tournament dinners — for groups of 10 to 200 guests. The venue's staff manages event coordination throughout the planning process, and the club offers flexible catering options that range from full in-house handling to coordinating with an outside caterer of the host's choice.

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Meeting Space

Vesper Hall is a 14,000-square-foot municipal event center in Blue Springs, Missouri, overlooking Rotary Park. The building features tiered ceilings, large windows that bring natural light into each room, gas fireplaces, and a spacious lobby — a setting suited to everything from intimate gatherings of 10 to 20 guests to celebrations of up to 300. The facility's Multi-Purpose Room is available for ceremonies, receptions, and private events, with tables and chairs of various sizes included in the rental. A service kitchen equipped with an industrial refrigerator, ice machine, warming oven, steam table, microwave, and coffee system supports events requiring food and beverage service. A PA system is available throughout the building. Vesper Hall is open for community rentals seven days a week.

• Spaces for 220 Guests

• Spaces for 250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 space at this venue

The Barn at Schwinn Produce Farm sits on a homestead in the Salt Creek Valley of Leavenworth County, Kansas, that has been in the Schwinn family since the late 1800s. The property spans more than 50 acres and is steeped in history — Buffalo Bill Cody's boyhood home stands nearby on the Santa Fe Trail, and the old Hund School, a one-room schoolhouse now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits to the south. The Barn itself is 4,500 square feet of traditional white oak Timber Frame construction, assembled with wooden pegs and wedges rather than nails. Inside, that craftsmanship is complemented by computer-controlled LED lighting and a Bose sound system, making the space well suited to weddings, receptions, reunions, corporate gatherings, and church events alike. Radiant heated floors and a full commercial kitchen with ice machine support year-round use. The rental includes 250 chairs, 12 round tables, and 21 rectangular tables, along with a separate bridal cottage. Outdoors, a Holland paver patio and deck area, shaded ceremony grove, and rolling countryside provide multiple settings for ceremonies and cocktail hours. The venue accommodates approximately 250 guests and is accessible from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.

• Spaces for 38-159 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 1 Theater
• 2 Total Spaces

The Union Pacific Depot is a restored 1888–89 railroad station at 402 North Second Street in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, owned by the City of Lawrence and operated by the Parks and Recreation Department. Union Pacific donated the building to the city in 1990 after rail service ended in 1984, and a full restoration completed in March 1996 preserved the original atmosphere of the depot — including its distinctive half-timbered gable, hipped roof, and 75-foot spire — while adapting it for community and private events. Active rail lines run past the building every 12–15 minutes, giving the setting a rare connection to the history it embodies. An outdoor French-themed flower garden, maintained by the Parks and Recreation staff, surrounds the grounds and serves as an additional gathering area. The facility offers two interior event spaces — the Community Room and the Arden Booth Free State Theatre Room — available together as a single rental. The venue is suited for weddings, receptions, reunions, meetings, and educational seminars, accommodating groups of varying sizes in a historically significant setting at the edge of downtown Lawrence.