The Hotel Maya’s new Lagunita event room can host 600 guests for standing receptions, 400 guests with a dance floor and seat guests up to 450 in rounds and 350 for classroom-style. Photo courtesy of Hotel Maya.
While the Hotel Maya is already Long Beach’s destination for relaxing stay-cations and stylish parties—Mayor Robert Garcia even hosted his election party there in April—it just got even swankier with the addition of a new event room they’re calling Lagunita.
The 6,400 squre-foot event venue is inspired by a “majestic Mayan temple,” and includes views of the Pacific Ocean, Long Beach skyline and the Queen Mary, Hotel Maya representatives said.
The venue will continue to get its final touches through the holidays, but many of its features—like a cathedral-style ceiling that will eventually frame five glistening, oversized chandeliers—are already up. The ceiling is complemented by 13-feet-tall floor-to-ceiling glass walls that open to panoramic views of the waterfront and the city.
Lagunita, designed by Los Angeles-based Choura Events, can host 600 guests for standing receptions, 400 guests with a dance floor and seat guests up to 450 in rounds and 350 classroom-style.
Together, Lagunita and Vista del Mar, an outdoor event area at the hotel, can host more than 1,000 guests for standing receptions. These venues cost more than $1.4 million, but it’s well worth it, Hotel Maya representatives said.
“This certainly is a game-changer for Long Beach and its meetings and events business,” said Kristi Allen, General Manager at Hotel Maya, in a statement. “Lagunita and Vista del Mar are perfectly designed to provide a water’s edge, indoor-outdoor experience that can’t be found anywhere else in the city – or region for that matter.”
Lagunita is located at Hotel Maya, located at 700 Queensway Drive.
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