Your Event, Your Way.
A Traverse City Wedding Venue and Event Space offering warm hospitality, smart amenities and refreshingly reasonable rates.
The Grand Traverse Event Center is an elegant and flexible backdrop for the celebration you want to host. Our centrally located, fully accessible venue offers on-site parking and comfortable seating for up to 150 guests – just five minutes from downtown Traverse City.
Grand events, down-to-earth pricing.
Authentic & Affordable TC Wedding Receptions
Put more of your budget into the party! We host: Wedding Receptions and Ceremonies, Rehearsal Dinners, Engagement Parties, Anniversary Parties, Birthday Parties, Quinceaneras, and more!
Seamless & Convenient Corporate Events
We’re well-equipped to host corporate retreats, trainings and workshops, conferences, board meetings, networking mixers, holiday parties, awards banquets, and more!
Expansive (Not Expensive!) Bar and Dining Service Options
Put our Full-Service Bar and elaborate Catering Kitchen to work for your event! Tables and Chairs, Tableware, White Table Linens, and Chair Covers are all included as well.
Host your wedding, business event, or other gathering at GTEC, a low-key, “high-flex” space. Think banquet hall with personality, flexible layouts, and relaxed vibe. Minutes from downtown, with easy parking and logistics. Prices beat most Traverse City venues, without cutting corners on service, style, and comfort.
Your budget goes further here
Choose Your Adventure!
Have a vision? Bring your own caterer, DJ, décor, and timeline – GTEC is a true build-it-your-way venue. A blank canvas. We give you the keys and the freedom to create the event you actually want.
Full Kitchen, Full-Service Bar Ready
Our commercial catering kitchen and dedicated bar area make it easy for your preferred vendors to shine. From plated dinners to cocktail receptions, we’re set up for smooth service.
AV Ready For Business Meetings
From corporate trainings and presentations to wedding DJs and photo slideshows, our tech-ready space can handle it. We’ll help you plug in, test, and run your event without a hitch.
Traverse City’s Best-Value Event Venue
Host up to 150 guests just minutes from downtown at a fraction of typical Traverse City venue pricing. You get more room in your budget for food, flowers, and fun… not rental fees.
Availability & Tours
Let’s see if we’re available for the 2026 date(s) you’re interested in! We’ll answer any questions you have right away, including pricing!
Traverse City Owned & Operated
Grand Traverse Event Center is locally owned and operated by people who live and work in Traverse City and Leelanau County. We love this place and its people. Our venue and rental packages are flexible by design and committed to fair pricing, friendly service, and events that are authentically “Up North.”
Just a five-minute Uber from…