Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center
Everything the open record has on Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center, a conference centre in Des Plaines, Illinois — address, size, access and the events it carries.
- From ORD
- 4 km (2.5 mi)
- O'Hare International Airport
- From the centre
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
- of Des Plaines
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Fountain Blue Banquets & is
It stands at 2300 Mannheim Road, 60018, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from the centre of Des Plaines.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.
- Address
- 2300 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, United States
- Official site
- fountainblue.com
- Coordinates
- 42.0114, -87.8873
- Classified as
- conference centre
Getting there
O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 4 km (2.5 mi) away — close enough that a delayed speaker can still make an afternoon slot.
2.5 km (1.6 mi) out from the middle of Des Plaines — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.
The published number for the venue is +1 847-298-3636.
Des Plaines has 7 venues mapped in total and a population of 58,832. The Des Plaines guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
This is 2nd of 2 dedicated conference and function spaces mapped in Des Plaines. Rooms designed for meetings save you the arguments about power, rigging and load-in that an improvised space produces on the morning of day one.
- training days and workshops
Purpose-built function rooms with the power and load-in a workshop assumes.
- corporate off-sites
Off-sites, kickoffs and planning days all fit the same room set.
- leadership retreats
Smaller, quieter rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does.
Pricing a full house here
A Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Des Plaines — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $950for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Nearby alternatives
3 other venues in Des Plaines have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Allstate Arena18,500 seats
- Comfort Inn Convention Center-Chicago O'Hare Airporthotel with function space
- Sky on Nineevent space
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 5 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, official website, published phone, nearest airport with distance.
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What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
What is the capacity of Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.
Where is Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center?
2300 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, United States. It is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from the centre of Des Plaines. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 4 km (2.5 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Des Plaines. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Fountain Blue Banquets & Conference Center is booked?
Allstate Arena (18,500), Comfort Inn Convention Center-Chicago O'Hare Airport and Sky on Nine are in the same city and have their own pages here. 7 venues in total are mapped in Des Plaines.
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Elsewhere in Des Plaines
- Allstate Arena
18,500 seats
- Comfort Inn Convention Center-Chicago O'Hare Airport
hotel with function space
- Sky on Nine
event space
- Hosting an event in Des Plaines
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