Host Your Event

Our picturesque campus, perched upon a scenic hilltop overlooking downtown Sioux City, houses many facilities and spaces to host events of every size and scope! In the past, we have hosted everything from presentations/lectures, meetings, weddings, and receptions to athletic camps, conferences, and reunions.

Why Choose Briar Cliff?

1. Together, we can find the perfect venue for your event.

With a wide variety of facilities and spaces available, our team is able to provide location recommendations on campus for events of every size and scope.

2. Convenient access unique amenities that set our spaces apart.

Other Siouxland locations might have state-of-the-art audio/visual equipment, free parking, and allow for third party catering --- and we offer these amenities, too! Additionally, our campus facilities and services provide:  Uncomparable Clifftop views of Siouxland. Convenient on-request catering. We offer full food and beverage services on campus, or we can open the Doherty Dining Hall (Cliff Café). Unbeatable pricing on bar services. Access to other university facilities, including sand volleyball courts, a game room, and a disc golf course. Automatic, on-call 24-hour security. Dormitory style residence halls for overnight accommodations.

3. Help planning, coordinating, and facilitating your event.

Planning an event can be a lot of work but at Briar Cliff, our event staff can help make it easy. Our crew of student workers will be there to help with set up, tear down, provide audio/visual equipment assistance, and food services. As a university, on any given day we have an active campus full of events, so let us help coordinate the details.

Venues Available

Learn more about our spaces available to rent:

• St. Francis Center 
• Assisi, Clare, or Canticle breakout rooms within the St. Francis Center
• Stark Student Center (including or not including the Cliff Café)
• Classrooms (Heelan Hall, Briar Cliff Theater, and North Hall.)
• Briar Cliff Theater Auditorium
• Our Lady of Grace Chapel
• Heelan Hall (Meis Recital Hall or Atrium)
• All Athletic Facilities

As a university, our students are our number one priority. Therefore, the time of year does limit our ability to facilitate certain requests. We will try to accommodate the rental requests for most rooms, spaces, and facilities on campus. If you have a space or facility in mind that you would like to use, please don't hesitate to ask. 

Event pricing will be scaled competitively based on the size and scope of your request.

Simply provide a brief description of your event including the dates, times, spaces and any extra amenities you are interested in. Then, our events crew will be in contact with pricing our further questions.