A Venue Designed for Life’s Meaningful Moments
Private Events
Life’s moments—both joyful and reflective—deserve a space that feels welcoming, flexible, and thoughtfully prepared. Core Event Center offers elegant, adaptable event spaces to host a wide range of private events, from milestone celebrations to gatherings of remembrance.
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Whether you’re planning a birthday party, graduation celebration, school event, or a memorial service, our team provides the setting, support, and care needed to create a smooth and memorable experience for you and your guests.
Why Event Professionals
Recommend Core
Hear from planners, couples, and corporate clients who trust us for their most important events.
Private Event Spaces for Every Occasion
Bridal Party Celebrations
Celebrate the moments leading up to “I do” with a private event space designed for connection, fun, and ease. Core Event Center offers stylish, flexible settings for bridal showers, engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, and bridesmaid gatherings—supported by a team that handles the details so you can enjoy the experience.
Flexible Guest Counts: Ideal for intimate bridal parties or larger pre-wedding celebrations
Custom Layouts & DĂ©cor: Configure the space to match your theme, colors, and vibe
Food & Beverage Options: Catering and bar service available to fit your event style
Stress-Free Planning: On-site staff support to keep your celebration running smoothly
Baby Showers & Celebrations
Celebrate a growing family in a warm, welcoming space designed for memorable moments. Core Event Center offers elegant, flexible rooms perfect for baby showers of all sizes, with layouts and amenities that make hosting easy and enjoyable.
Flexible Guest Capacity: Ideal for intimate gatherings or larger family celebrations
Custom Room Layouts: Seating, gift tables, and activity areas arranged to fit your plan
On-Site Support: Staff assistance to keep your event running smoothly
Convenient Location & Parking: Easy access for guests traveling from near and far
Milestone Celebrations
- Flexible room layouts for dining, dancing, and entertainment
- Catering and beverage options for any guest count
- Sound system for music, speeches, or entertainment
- Optional décor and lighting enhancements
Birthday Parties
Celebrate your special day in a space designed to bring friends and family together. Our flexible rooms, catering options, and optional enhancements make it easy to host a memorable birthday celebration without the stress of planning at home.
- Flexible room layouts for dining, dancing, and entertainment
- Catering and beverage options for any guest count
- Sound system for music, speeches, or entertainment
- Optional décor and lighting enhancements
Wakes, Memorials & Celebration of Life Gatherings
Core Event Center provides a respectful, comfortable setting for gatherings of remembrance. Our team offers thoughtful support, private spaces, and catering options to help families host a meaningful service or reception with care and dignity.
- Private, quiet spaces for family and guests
- Catering options for luncheons or light receptions
- Professional staff to assist with setup and flow
- Ample parking and easy accessibility
Graduation Parties & Academic Celebrations
Honor academic achievements with a celebration that brings friends and family together. Our venue offers ample space, convenient parking, and flexible layouts ideal for graduation parties, awards gatherings, and school-related celebrations.
- Spacious rooms for large guest lists
- Open layouts for mingling and seating
- Catering and dessert options available
- Convenient location for traveling guests
Family Reunions & Social Gatherings
Reconnect with loved ones in a welcoming environment designed for conversation and celebration. Our versatile spaces make it easy to host reunions, anniversaries, and multi-generational gatherings comfortably.
- Comfortable spaces for dining and socializing
- Catering options for diverse preferences
- Setup and teardown handled by our team
- Free, convenient parking
School Events, Proms & Sports Team Banquets
From prom nights to end-of-season banquets, Core Event Center provides a safe, organized space for school and youth events. With sound systems, spacious layouts, and staff support, we help create fun, well-managed events students and families can enjoy.
- Large floor plans for dancing or dining
- Professional sound systems for music and announcements
- On-site staff for event support
- Flexible layouts for banquets or open events
Community & Youth Group Events
Whether you’re planning a club meeting, youth group celebration, or community gathering, Core Event Center offers adaptable spaces and essential amenities to support events that bring people together.
- Flexible rooms for meetings or social events
- Sound systems for speakers or presentations
- On-site coordination support
- Essential amenities included
Galas & Fundraisers
Host a sophisticated gala or impactful fundraiser in a space designed to impress. Our elegant spaces, customizable layouts, and full-service catering make it easy to create a memorable event that engages guests and supports your cause.
- Flexible room layouts for seated dinners, cocktail receptions, or entertainment
- Catering and beverage options for any guest count
- Professional sound system for speeches, presentations, or live music
- Optional décor, lighting, and audiovisual enhancements to elevate the experience
Party Pans To-Go Catering
Hosting an event at home, the office, or another venue? Core Event Center offers Party Pans To-Go, bringing our fresh, crowd-favorite catering dishes to your location. It’s an easy way to serve quality food for gatherings without hosting your event at the venue.
Perfect For:
Corporate lunches, meetings, and office celebrations
Family gatherings, birthdays, and graduation parties
Holiday parties and community events
School functions and team celebrations
Easy catering for off-site events and home parties
Catering & Refreshments
Our private event packages include convenient catering options designed to fit your gathering.
- Buffet-style meals or light refreshments
- Customizable menus to fit your event type and preferences
- Beverage and bar service available
- Options for desserts, snack stations, or coffee service
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Private Event Enhancements
Optional add-ons allow you to tailor your event and create a more personalized experience:
- Uplighting and décor enhancements
- Specialty linens and table décor
- Audio upgrades for music or presentations
- Dessert stations, candy tables, or snack displays
- Extended room time or staffing support
Private Event Inclusions You Can Count On
Every private event at Core Event Center includes essential services to ensure a smooth experience from start to finish.
Comfortable, well-maintained space suited to your gathering.
We handle all furniture setup and layout details.
Clear audio for speeches, music, or announcements.
Professional staff available throughout your event.
Free, convenient parking for all guests.
Schedule Your Private Event Tour
Looking for a private event venue in Pittsburgh or Westmoreland County? Schedule a tour to explore our spaces, discuss your event needs, and see why Core Event Center is trusted for private gatherings of all kinds.
Private Events FAQ
Quick answers to our most common questions. Click a topic to expand.
We host a wide range of private events including birthday parties, funerals and memorial services, graduation celebrations, school events, proms, sports banquets, and family gatherings.
Yes. We offer multiple event spaces that can be tailored for intimate gatherings or larger celebrations, depending on your guest count.
Yes. We provide catering options ranging from light refreshments to full buffet-style meals, with customizable menu selections. Outside catering is also allowed.
Absolutely. Our spaces include sound systems suitable for announcements, speeches, background music, or presentations.
Yes. DĂ©cor, layouts, lighting enhancements, and other optional add-ons allow you to customize the space to fit your event.
We recommend booking as early as possible, but we’re happy to accommodate events with shorter timelines when availability allows.
If You Can Dream It, Core Event Center Can Do It. Weddings, they can be the best day if you pick the right people. The people at Core Event Center are the right people. Joey and his team could make a wedding beautiful in a hurricane with the wedding party on fire. It's hard to even fully describe them in words, but, I will try my best. Here are some adjectives: wonderful, excellent, perfect, fun, caring, flexible, top notch, one of a kind, and the word that matters most to us, easy going. If you can dream it, they can do it. JOEY AND HIS WHOLE TEAM: We tossed many curveballs at Joey and his team and they hit them out of the park. Can we have the bar to stay open during dinner? DONE We have 17 different people with allergies ranging from gluten free, nut free, dairy free, celiac, you name it can we accommodate all of them? DONE My best man and father died a few months before the wedding. Can we have a video montage play of his last words and speech anywhere? DONE (They put him on a big screen so all 250 guests could see and hear him perfectly, everyone cried, don’t do that.) Is there any chance we can have an open bar, but only for wedding guests a few hours leading up to the wedding? In a different room? Because our friends and families are all alcoholics? DONE I know you have a shuttle, can it take the wedding party for pictures? DONE How about tattoos? Can we bring in a tattoo artist to the reception to give our guests free tattoos? DONE The bride and her bridal party need more time than 92 Vegas show girls to get ready, can someone show up at 8am, 10 hours before the wedding, and let them in? DONE Can we get married in a different room than the reception? DONE Remember our alcoholic friends and family? They need more drinks after the wedding ends, 8 hours of drinking isn’t enough for those animals. Can we supply pizza and apps after the wedding is over, in the main bar? DONE Can we have a DJ for said after party? DONE Can we extend the shuttle a little longer at the last minute? DONE Is there any way that the bride, groom, friends and family don’t have to do anything at all? From decorations, cook table clean up, tear down? DONE THE CORE EVENT CENTER BUILDING Core Event Center has a huge fully covered patio that weddings can use for guests to go outside and sit even if it rains, I bet the patio holds over 100 people. That’s what we liked most. There are many places nearby, that they will drive the wedding party to and from for pictures. We lucked out and got a nice day. It's right by the turnpike with lots of Hotels nearby. We recommend the Hampton, they too were great. We loved the huge staircase, it made for some of our best pictures. The food was as good as anyone has ever had. What we remember most about the wedding was just how every time my wife of about 2 hours and I looked around people were having a blast. Just a full 6 hours of uninterrupted bliss. Which is what anyone wants at a wedding. Here’s the thing: If you are looking for a more modern spot with anything you can dream up, this is your place. Beautiful everything. Large space, many different rooms for wedding parties, tons of parking, air conditioning (for us fat folk), two large restrooms on both sides of the center (never lines), full scale kitchen, a public bar that’s attached to the building for an after party, and a staff that literally bent over backwards like they were Mary Lou Retton in the 84 summer Olympics -- CORE is it. When we run into family and friends they always say how this wedding was the best ever. We agree, even though obviously partial, for it was our wedding. We owe those comments and our general happiness to Core Event Center, Joey, and the entire staff. We also met our wedding coordinator and decorator, Lainie, through Core Event Center and that was truly one of the best decisions we ever made. Lainie is phenomenal and brought our vision to life flawlessly. We recommend her to EVERYONE. We get nothing for this review but tell them Jingles and Jill sent you. Always remember, you get what you pay for and this was worth far more than what we paid.