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The Marine Room: Detroit’s skyline ballroom

Right on the water.

Our riverside room. Glass from floor to ceiling on three sides, so the Detroit River is in every photograph whether you booked it for noon or midnight.

Capacity
Up to 300 guests
Size
4,500 sq ft
Best for
Weddings, galas, dinners
Events hosted
3,500+
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The Marine Room, water on both sides, brick columns and the curved ceiling

The Marine Room sits at water level with the river running past the glass. Walnut walls, brick columns and a hardwood floor that rises out of the ground when the band starts. It seats a full dinner for 300 and still leaves room to dance.

Amenities

What comes with the Marine Room

  • The rising dance floor

    Hydraulic. One button and the floor lifts into an elevated platform, which is exactly as good as it looks when the band kicks in.

  • The original stage

    Countless Motown stars have played this stage. It is still here, and it is still the stage your band plays on.

  • The history

    This is the room Detroit has been celebrating in since 1958. You can feel it the moment you walk in, and no new build can manufacture it.

  • The fountains

    Lit after dark, and the reason so many of the best photographs from this building were taken outside it.

  • The patio

    Attached to the room. Extra space to mingle, golden hour portraits, or simply a breath of air with the river in front of you.

  • The famous red room

    Ask anyone who has been here. The restroom is a landmark in its own right, and it tells you everything about how the rest of the building is kept.

See it with the light coming off the water.

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Good to know

How many guests does the Marine Room hold?

Up to 300, in 4,500 square feet at water level with glass on three sides.

What is the rising dance floor?

A hydraulic floor installed in 1961. One button lifts the dance floor into a raised platform in the middle of the room.

Can we hold a ceremony in the Marine Room?

Yes, on the Marine Room's side patio, an open-air ceremony space with the Detroit River as your backdrop and Belle Isle on the horizon. The ceremony fee is $2,750.

Is this the room where Motown played?

It is the original room with the original stage. In 1966 the Four Tops and the Temptations played the building on seven straight Mondays. The Motown Mondays story.

Where is The Roostertail, and is there parking?

100 Marquette Drive, Detroit, on the east riverfront beside the marina, just west of the bridge to Belle Isle and a short drive from downtown along Jefferson Avenue. Parking is free, in our own private lot on site.

Let’s co-create
something magical

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