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Please e-mail us at parties@mnzoo.org or call 952.431.9298 for availability and pricing

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Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay

This spectacular marine exhibit features our popular dolphins in a 500,000 gallon pool, a 200,000 gallon shark pool and interactive touch tanks. The atrium is the perfect setting for your event, complete with underwater viewing of our dolphins and sharks.

Maximum Capacity:
Cocktail reception - 400
Seated & served - 240
Buffet style - 225

Facility Rental Fee:
Friday: $1,700
Saturday: $1,900
Sunday: $1,600
Call for weekday pricing

Food & Beverage Minimums:
Friday: $3,300
Saturday: $4,800
Sunday: $2,300
Call for weekday pricing

Rental Hours:
October–April: 6pm–Midnight
May–September: 7:00pm– Midnight

Special Features: Underwater viewing of dolphins and sharks, interactive Club House Cove and use of the outdoor plaza (weather permitting.) DJ's and acoustic musicians permitted.

Tropics

Tropics

One of the Minnesota Zoo's internationally acclaimed exhibits is a one-of-a-kind setting for your event. Your guests can stroll in a living tropical rainforest featuring exotic animals, birds and fish native to Southeast Asia. The 80,000+ gallon coral reef exhibit will captivate your guests.

Maximum Capacity:
Cocktail reception - 400
Seated & served - 225
Buffet style - 200
Theater: 200

Facility Rental Fee:
Friday: $1,500
Saturday: $1,700
Sunday: $1,400
Call for weekday pricing

Food & Beverage Minimums:
Friday: $2,800
Saturday: $4,300
Sunday: $2,300
Call for weekday pricing

Rental Hours:
October–April: 6pm–Midnight
May - September: 6:30pm– Midnight

Special Features: Tropical animals in natural exhibits (trail open until 8 pm,) a reception area for dining and dancing available with the background sounds of birds and waterfalls and the use of the outdoor plaza (weather permitting.) DJ/amplified music allowed in certain areas only.

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

The Zoo's restaurant is magically transformed. Dine and dance with a magnificent view of Minnesota's natural beauty. Enjoy beautiful summer sunsets as you watch Trumpeter swans glide across the main lake.

Maximum Capacity:
Cocktail reception - 425
Seated & served - 280
Buffet style - 250
Theater: 200

Facility Rental Fee:
Friday: $800
Saturday: $1,000
Sunday: $700
Call for weekday pricing

Food & Beverage Minimums:
Friday: $2,500
Saturday: $3,800
Sunday: $2,300
Call for weekday pricing

Rental Hours:
October–April: 6pm– Midnight
May–September: 7pm–Midnight

Special Features:
Floor to ceiling plate glass windows along one wall overlook a scenic lake and use of the outdoor plaza (weather permitting.) DJ or dance band permitted.

 

 

Combination

Combination

Combine the Tropics and Call of the Wild event spaces for a sensational evening. Celebrate your union under our romantic thatched canopy at the beginning of the Tropics Trail. Host your receiving line in front of our beautiful Indo-Pacific Coral Reef and finish the evening in the relaxed setting of the the Call of the Wild for a fabulous dinner and dance.

Maximum Capacity:
150 for a ceremony in the Tropics. Call of the Wild dinner capacities apply.

Facility Rental Fee:
Friday: $1,900
Saturday: $2,100
Sunday: $1,800
Call for weekday pricing

Food & Beverage Minimums:
Friday: $3,800
Saturday: $4,300
Sunday: $2,800
Call for weekday pricing

Rental Hours:
May–September: Tropics 6:30pm–8:00pm;
Call of the Wild 7:00pm–Midnight