the exchange room

Coming December, 2025…

Located within the historic Livestock Exchange Building in Kansas City’s West Bottoms, The Exchange Room carries the weight of history with a quiet sense of grandeur. Once the center of activity for the vast Kansas City Stockyards, the building’s story reaches far beyond its walls, touching generations of ranchers, traders, office workers, and families across the region.

The 3,000-square-foot event space was fully designed under the direction of John O’Brien, who oversaw every detail to ensure the room honors the building’s past while serving contemporary needs. Custom furniture, light fixtures, oak floor, and a built-in bar and side station lend the room a sense of permanence and understated elegance, complemented by warm wood flooring and balanced proportions.

Guests enter through the building’s grand second-floor lobby, which is also available for cocktails and gatherings, extending the flexibility of the venue and creating a natural flow between spaces. The Exchange Room is suited to weddings, receptions, dinners, and corporate events, and allows couples to hold both ceremony and celebration in one distinctive setting.

Rooted in the city’s working history yet refined for the present, The Exchange Room delivers an experience that feels unmistakably Kansas City, authentic, grounded, and shaped by the place itself.

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