Avantis Event Center

Horrible lighting. Not a good venue for softball. I suppose it is better than playing outside is November. Not big enough for the 2 fields that were set up.

Took kids for safe Halloween night! Fun for all ages.

Loved it. Friendly, clean and well kept

Great place to hold an event. The staff is very helpful and pleasant. The food was excellent and I would recommend them for any future events.

Great venue for events! Die Laughing Entertainment put on a Murder Mystery Dinner event in the banquet room Nov 17 and the food was great as was the venue and staff!

Outside is nice. Some shade. Lots of room for pop ups. Inside is nice also.

They put on a real great show and raised money for the childrens hospital too

And they have a good and Excellent quality of Arenas, and each for everything they have .

Went to a dog show with my daughter was huge inside. Plenty of room clean and spacious as well. Has a concession stand outside the dome with the restrooms there also. Has handicap parking and access. A nice place overall.

Indoor softball tournament and heaters werent working and it was ridiculously cold in there. I was wearing multiple layers, coats, hats, gloves and blanket and still cold.

Great softball, good food, friendly staff

Great softball facility

Some good softball and great sub sandwiches!

The lighting is terrible... no scoreboards used, grease for the food was probably a week old, bathrooms were out of paper towels and soap, and the temperature was 57 degrees for an indoor softball game. I’ve been to four indoor facilities and this was by far the worst.

We went to see a dog show was nice inside there very roomy. They had room for the dog jumping as well as sponsors to set up tables! Even had a raffle which we won something in..overall very nice.

I really liked seeing this in our area they do a lot of good. Plus in case of a disaster it is the main area that everybody will show up and take care of all the needs that people are on a crisis that will be taken care of. Pretty nice of them

A large open area. Good for many uses

I was worried it would be cold, since the dome is not heated...it was so warm I took off my coat. Great place for functions like the S.O.Football Tournament.

Great indoor softball tournament place.

We love to be able to walk on the indoor track when the weather is yuck. I am glad that this is free and open to the public for walking in the morning.

Worst run tournament ever, poor indoor lighting, poor spectator seating... enough said.

Its an old facility that needs improvement. It however is somewhere to play softball in the winter.

Great place with generally friendly and helpful people. It is worth noting that every occasion I have had experience with here was an event where the dining area was rented. I do not have experience with the sports venue part of this place.

14U B girls state is a joke the whole place is a joke!! Don’t recommend playing at state or many tournaments, umpires are bad, tournaments are set up horrible. Since when does “home book matters” that is exactly what the tournament director said to all of us! The coaches on the other team were on their phone the game was tied he would check the score with us till the last inning which was the last inning, and decided to say one girl did not score in the first innings and had his phone out the whole time at one point he turned around and then asked his wife what happen and she said nothing and supposedly the game the day before they were talking to the umpires and acting like they were going to win it all and get the calls to them and not the other team!!! WORST tournaments out there!!!

GREAT place to walk in winter

Car show was great. Good venu

Came for a 9PM soccer game on a cold November night. There didnt seem to be much difference between the indoor and outdoor temperature. In other words it was darn cold. The reflective lighting is very hard on the eyes. Its difficult to see. Not impressed, but will come back to watch the grandson play soccer.

The size was good. Could not hear the demonstrators because if the fans running. (I do understand that the fans must run due to the dome but we could not hear.) The lighting was not the best for scrapbooking. It was very difficult to get up out of the chairs due to the astroturf.

Definitely need Nets for spectators like other reviewers stated, but nice dome

We recently hosted wedding reception for my daughter in the Banquet Room. I would highly recommend this venue! The staff was so helpful in creating exactly the atmosphere and type of event that we wanted! The room itself is very nice and can be decorated to take on whatever atmosphere is desired, from elegant to casual. The food options were very flexible and numerous, and the food was delicious and displayed beautifully With all this, the cost was incredibly reasonable compared to other venues in the area that we researched before choosing this one. I didnt know about this room before we had a need for this type of event, but it will be first on my list in the future for any large gathering hat we plan!

Great food, a lot of room, temperature controled.

This is a great facility to practice, play or just watch games. They are very accommodating of the local kids teams. The fields are newer and well maintained. Staff is friendly and helpful. They have on site concessions that are very reasonably priced.

Pretty cool place!

Attended an event in the banquet room. The room is very nice and the food was pretty good. Staff was very friendly and attentive.

Nice facility. Have been there for a wedding reception. Also red cross blood drives

Had our son and daughter-in-laws wedding reception here, staff was great, facility was too

Great place to take your family

Went to a wedding reception there, it was a little warm until the sun went down but it was a great experience!

Nice location

It was a neat place two ball diamonds or soccer fields. Did not like how close the ball diamonds sat with no safety net between them. Seems dangerous. B

Poor management and a true money hungry business

Great place for an event. My cousin had his wedding here and it was perfect for it. Loved the venue and the amount of space.

Hot & sweaty for the Alzheimers benefit today, but the venders were plentiful & very helpful. Food was inexpensive and very tasty.

Very nice complex. Enjoyed watching the games here

I like this place for softball. It has Senior citizens discount, and you can get avantis gondolas!

Not good in July...hot, no air movement, smells like human sweat.

As always the dome was a nice temp. (Some domes are not in the winter).Food was good, and price was ok. Could be a little cheaper seeing as how we cannot bring on food. Next time well eat out.MAKE SURE YOU WATCH OUT FOR HOME RUNS.These fields are small, and in one tournament we seen over 20 homeruns Which is great, but there is nothing to protect the spectators, and fields are back to back so you can get hit by a ball from the other field you are not watching. PUT NETS UP.All in all not a bad place. 3rd year here and look forward to coming back.

Love this facility for winter softball!

Packed as usual for the indoor car show. Glad we got there early.

Great venue! Fun for pretty much everyone

Bags league at 7pm on Thursday nights $6 a person! Great time!

Drink prices are way out of line.Big complex, Pekin is lucky to have such a place.

Great venue for any event!

Super cool inside. Great for events and community stuff.

Great facility and their softball tournaments are very well ran.

Every event Ive been to here has just been great plenty of room

Awesome friendly staff & many different events held there.

Great place they have so much space to do things!!!

We went in for some batting cage time, it took a moment to find someone but once we did they were more than helpful and accommodating. Id enjoy going back anytime and have recommended it to several friends

Very nice dome, wonderful staff and lighting was perfect!!! This is a great place for our girls to play at!!! Hopefully we have more tournaments here!!!

Great for anything. Every community should have one.

Had to set up for an event, and the staff and place was amazing.

Ran a tournament and the people in charge we not very friendly and the outside diamonds where not taken care of very well. Did not line fields and more worried about bringing a cooler in then taken care of the fields that the kids play on.

Nice venue but wayyy to cold tonight.

Nice place to play some softball.

Gun show was great, bought a couple things

Nice place, clean.

Nice place for events

Interesting place around Pekin

This event is fantastic. The staff is very friendly!

Great concert

Pretty warm inside and a good soccer field

Great place for the kids to play indoor soccer

Fun 30th highschool reunion

Cool place to play indoor softball.

Great food..better sports

Neat facility. Lots of kids activities.

Great place for events!

Nice place for the gun show.

Nice place to visit.

Great facility!

Its a venue. Its in a dome.

Very cool venue, and affordable to rent.

Nice facility, but having slick concrete with bleachers on the out of bounds line for soccer results in a lot of accidents.

Excellent dog event

Excellent facility.

Busy place. Nice when weather is bad out

Nice gun show today

So much to offer

Good all the people are nice

The seasonal outing was pleasant

Good place for large gatherings

Awesome

Outdated building, bad lighting, okay concession items

Positive pressure

Very nice inside

Very nice

Cool place.

No running water

Great Venue