The MSU Union
Abbott Rd At E Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI
350 Capacity
At the MSU Union, we pride ourselves on providing exemplary service for any size group. Let our experienced, professional planners assist you with making arrangements for any event at the MSU Union and MSU Alumni Chapel. Space is available for university faculty, staff and students, as well as the public for conferences, banquets, meetings, luncheons, dinners, dances, wedding receptions and more.
Event Spaces
General Event Space
Recommendations
The MSU Union: A great venue for any occassion
— An Eventective User
from East Lansing, MI
I am writing on behalf of the Michigan State University Union, in the middle of the MSU campus in East Lansing, Michigan. The MSU Union is a great venue to hold your next meeting or event. I work at MSU so i have had many work events there, from short meetings to day long seminars to on campus fairs. As an alumna of the university, I also held my wedding reception at the MSU Union a few years ago. I can tell from personal experience that the Union has always delivered wonderful service and quality at a reasonable price. The Union offers you a multitude of options in terms of food, hours, and service in order to meet your financial needs and goals. They can be full service and take care of everything for you or they can just give you a small amount of service if that is all your event demands (they even let us cut our own wedding cake so we didn't have to pay the cake cutting fee). The food has always been great, and portion sizes huge. Additionally, everything is nice and clean and made to look nice (or beautiful, depending on what the event demands). Rooms range from very small meeting rooms to mid size rooms that can be opened or closed to fit your needs, to a huge ballroom which could accommodate almost any need. Overall, the union is a great place to hold your next East Lansing event, whether it is small or large, minimal or elegant.
A picturesque chapel on a hill
— An Eventective User
from East Lansing MI
The MSU Alumni Chapel is a beautiful venue in which to have your wedding. The English Tudor styling of the chapel gives an air of class and elegance to the ceremony. The large vaulted ceilings make the room feel spacious and inviting. There are many rooms in the basement for use to get ready for both the bride and the groom. There is even a large room for gathering the bride and groom parties for pictures in the basement of the building. This room has a wall of windows looking out to the river walk below. Outside the building is perfect for pictures. It sits atop a hill and behind it rushes the Red Cedar River. This area displays a lush green environment and begs for group photos amongst the natural backdrop. The building is situated for easy access to Grand River Rd. and downtown East Lansing. With many hotels and MSU's vast amounts of banquet halls the area is perfect for hosting everyone that is invited to the event as well as the parties and celebrations after the ceremony. The sanctuary has a multiple organs and a piano for those that wish to use them. They are also quite accommodating as we had a harpist come in and they easily made room for her. Lastly when a wedding occurs they will ring the chapel bell announcing to the world in a very special and unique way that you are now wed!
Additional Info
Neighborhood
Venue Types
Amenities
- On-Site Catering Service
Features
- Max Number of People for an Event: 350
- Total Meeting Room Space (Square Feet): 27,775