UMass has a wide variety of rooms on campus for events of all sizes. Below you'll find information on all types of campus spaces as well as off-campus options for both catering and room reservations.
Consult our UMass Venue Guide for a comprehensive "cheat sheet" of common on-campus event rooms and capacities, and contact Saulo DePaula if you have any questions.
When scheduling an event, double check for conflicts/holidays on the academic calendar and the university events schedule. Once you have a date established, enter it on the university events schedule.
Contact Saulo DePaula to post event on SBS news feed and social media.
Campus Center/Student Union
The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management runs the Marriott Center on the top of the Campus Center—HTM students cater events reserved for lunches on Tues/Weds/Thurs and dinners on Tues/Weds. Reservations must be made far in advance and can be made at 413-545-0877 or at guest355@isenberg.umass.edu. (Jenafer Andren, Chief-Instructor & Marriott Center Operations Manager has been most helpful.).
Commonwealth Honors College Events Halls: Rooms 160E and 160W each hold around 150 and can be combined into one large room; contact Roland Packard.
Dining Halls Event Rooms: Contact managers of Berkshire and Hampshire.
Goodell Hall – Bernie Dallas Room: This is a wood-paneled, formal room that holds about 75-100. Campus catering will cater outside of the room. Contact Erin Bernard. A/V Requested through AIMS, 413-545-5765.
Integrated Learning Center (ILC) Rooms:
Mullins Center: Book a function room online.
Stockbridge Hall – Bowker Auditorium: Seats 700; contact Melissa Cleary.
Other departmental conference rooms: Aimee Jo Pion has access to scheduling all campus classrooms abd conference rooms through the Registrar’s Office.
UMass Catering caters to every building on campus. Outside catering options cannot be used in the Student Union and Campus Center. These include the Student Union Ballroom, Cape Cod Lounge and Campus Center Auditorium. They can be reached at 413-577-8200 or at ccevents@umass.edu.
Rooms on the first floor by the Campus Center Auditorium would not require a fee for an event with on-campus attendees. This is the same for meeting rooms on the 9th floor.
Amherst Room and Hadley Room, on the 10th floor, would require a fee if food is not being served.
Earthfoods Café, a student-run vegetarian/vegan restaurant located in the Student Union
Bistro 63 at the Monkey Bar & Grill: 413-259-1600
Blue Heron: 413-665-2102
Hadley Farms Meeting House: 413-387-0811
Homestead: 413-586-0502
Judie's: 413-253-3491
Osteria Vespa: 413-230-3194
The Lord Jeffrey Inn: 413-256-8200
Please note: outside catering options cannot be used in the Student Union and Campus Center. These rooms include the Student Union Ballroom, Cape Cod Lounge and Campus Center Auditorium, along with any other room in those two buildings. Outside catering to other halls/buildings on campus options include:
Antonio's Pizza: 413-253-0808
Athena's Pizza: 413-549-9900
Atkins: 413-253-9528 (Amherst) or 413-230-3226 (North Amherst)
Bruno's Pizza: 413-256-0222
Bueno Y Sano: 413-253-4000
Panera: 413-387-6336
Sibies Pizza: 413-256-6100
The Black Sheep Deli: 413-253-3445
The Works: 413-835-0561
On Campus:
Hotel UMass: 877-822-2110
Off Campus:
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA Bus Line) - Schedule
BDL Hartford Airport: 46.3 mi from UMass
Boston Logan Int’l Airport: 95.7 mi from UMass
JFK Int’l Airport New York: 145 mi from UMass
Administrative Offices
Draper Hall · 40 Campus Center Way, Amherst,
MA 01003-9244 · Tel: 413.545.4173 · Fax: 413.577.0905