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Corporate Team Building Activities in Coral Gables, FL
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- Founded
- 2010
- Group size
- 20 to 6,000+
- Where we run activities
- 50 states + Canada
- Formats
- In person or virtual
Why Coral Gables works for a corporate event
How it works with us here
Coral Gables is the planned Mediterranean Revival city George Merrick laid out in the 1920s, and its historic hotels and clubhouse are where most of our events here take place. Consulting firms, life sciences companies and the regional offices around Ponce de Leon Boulevard book us for a program inside a meeting they are already holding at The Biltmore or on Miracle Mile. We bring the facilitators and every kit, and the donations from a charitable build stay in Miami-Dade.
Most booked activities in Coral Gables, FL
The activities corporate groups book most often in Coral Gables, FL.
Bike Build Donation®How the Bike Build Donation® Program Works Teams compete in interactive challenges. Points earned are used to “purchase” bike parts. Teams assemble the…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Go-Kart CompetitionBuild It. Race It. Win It. Start your engines for this high-energy, hands-on Go-Kart Competition that combines creativity, collaboration, and friendly rivalry.…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Mini-Golf Build and Food DonationLooking for a way to combine creativity, friendly competition, and community impact? The Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation event challenges your team to design…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Team OlympicsGo for the gold with Team Olympics, a high-energy program that combines athletic-inspired team challenges with spirited collaboration and friendly competition.…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Build-A-RollatorThis impactful CSR experience turns teamwork into meaningful support for people with mobility challenges. In Build-A-Rollator, your group participates in a…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Bears and BlanketsBears and Blankets is a deeply meaningful charity team building activity where teams come together to create comforting gifts for children who’ve experienced…- Length
- 1 to 1.5 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Build-a-Guitar®Build-a-Guitar® is a unique charitable team building event where your group collaborates to assemble and donate high-quality electric guitars to music programs…- Length
- 2 to 2.5 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor
Fiesta Fun!Fiesta Fun! is a lively event where corporate groups will experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of Mexico! In this exciting contest, participants compete…- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
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More about corporate events in Coral Gables, FL
A century at The Biltmore
The Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables opened on January 15, 1926, and turns 100 this year. It is a National Historic Landmark with more than 75,000 square feet of function space across the hotel and the Conference Center of the Americas beside it, and it is where we have worked most in the city. Consulting firms have booked Go-Kart Competition and the Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation here, in which teams of ten build golf holes out of canned food that then goes to a food bank.
Active programs in the dry months
December to April is the time for a program with room to move. A meetings company ran Team Olympics at The Biltmore in April, the last dry month before the rains, with teams of twelve to fifteen competing for 1.5 to 2 hours, and Fiesta Fun!, a salsa, guacamole and margarita contest, has closed a consulting firm's afternoon.
Miracle Mile and Alhambra Plaza
Hotel Colonnade Coral Gables sits on Miracle Mile, with an 8,932-square-foot ballroom and a marble Rotunda, and a retail company used it for Food Truck Face-Off. On Alhambra Plaza, the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables is where our facilitators have run a protocol training activity for a pharmaceutical team as well as a Bike Build Donation® for a small biotech group.
George Merrick's clubhouse
The Coral Gables Golf & Country Club, built in 1922, was the city's first public building and reopened after its centennial restoration. Its chandeliered ballroom has held two of our largest Coral Gables events: a Build-a-Guitar® whose electric guitars went to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, and a Go-Kart Competition that ended with an oversized check for a local charity.
Giving back in Miami-Dade
Latino Leadership, Inc. has received the bikes and the bears from Coral Gables events: a consulting firm's Bike Build Donation® at La Jolla Ballroom on Alcazar Avenue, and Bears and Blankets for a nonprofit at The Biltmore. A manufacturer also booked Build-A-Rollator at The Biltmore, with the finished rollators given to people with limited mobility.
Part of South Florida
Coral Gables is part of our South Florida coverage, with Miami as its hub. The same team runs events in Doral by the airport, downtown Miami and Miami Beach, so a company meeting in the Gables can add a program anywhere else in the county.
Where we host in Coral Gables
Hotels and venues where we have run corporate events in Coral Gables, FL. Photos come from each venue's own website.
HotelThe Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables
Go-kart races, mini-golf food drives and charitable builds in the historic ballrooms
Landmark venue
Hotel
Planning guide
Space for a Coral Gables program
Coral Gables events mostly run in historic ballrooms, which vary a lot in shape. The square footage per person shows which programs a room can take.
Floor area per person
- Bike Build Donation®25 sq ft
- Build-A-Rollator25 sq ft
- Build-a-Guitar®25 sq ft
The Country Club ballroom
- Bears and Blankets25 sq ft
- Fiesta Fun!25 sq ft
- Go-Kart Competition30 sq ft
- Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation35 sq ft
A large ballroom at The Biltmore
- Team Olympics50 sq ft
Hotel grounds or a park lawn
Measured another way
- Amazing Chase SmartHunt®
- A start at a Miracle Mile hotel, with the downtown blocks as the course.
A program in one of the city's parks needs a special event permit from the Coral Gables Community Recreation Department. Hotel and club programs need no permit, and we work with each venue's event team.
A worked example
2,450 sq ft
70 people at 35 sq ft each
Older ballrooms often have columns or an uneven shape. Send the floor plan and we will lay out the teams around it.
Planning guide
Coral Gables weather through the year
The tree canopy along the Gables streets helps, but the pattern is Miami's: a dry winter and a long, wet summer.
Outdoors
January to April
- Average highs from about 76 to 84 and the least rain of the year. The months for Team Olympics on hotel grounds or a hunt along Miracle Mile.
Either way
May and June
- Highs from about 87 to 89. The rainy season starts in mid-May, and June averages about 10 inches, so an outdoor start should come with a ballroom on hold.
Indoors
July to September
- Highs of 89 to 91 and storms most afternoons. Plan a ballroom program such as a bike or guitar build.
Either way
October to December
- Highs ease from about 86 to 78 as the rain stops after mid-October, and December brings holiday team building to the hotel ballrooms.
Dates to plan around
- Carnaval on the Mile
- Late February or March. A street festival that fills Miracle Mile.
- Gables Gallery Night
- First Friday of each month, 6 to 10 p.m.. Downtown galleries open late; the next are October 2, November 6 and December 4, 2026.
- The Biltmore's centennial
- 2026. The hotel opened on January 15, 1926.
- Junior Orange Bowl Parade
- Early December. A long-running holiday parade through the city.
Rainy season runs May 15 to October 15 and hurricane season June 1 to November 30. For a hunt downtown, avoid Carnaval weekend or tell us early so we can route around it.
Planning guide
Getting to Coral Gables
Miami International is close, and Coral Gables is one of the few South Florida cities where a team can arrive by rail.
Flying in
- Miami International Airport
- About 4 miles north of the city, a short taxi or rideshare to The Biltmore or Miracle Mile.
Transit
- Metrorail
- Douglas Road and University stations serve the city. Douglas Road connects to the free trolley.
- Coral Gables Trolley
- Free, Monday to Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., on Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Grand Avenue routes from Douglas Road station.
Driving and parking
- Parking
- The city runs municipal garages and lots around downtown, with pay-by-phone meters on the street. Hotel groups park at the hotel.
Planning guide
Lead times for a Coral Gables event
8 weeks out
The Biltmore or a Miracle Mile ballroom from January to April, any December date, and any program on the grounds or in a park.
4 weeks out
A build or game show in a hotel meeting room or your own office in the Gables.
10 days out
Final headcount and floor plan. Tell us if the donation should go to a cause your team already supports.
Event day
We arrive early, set up around your meeting, run the program and clear the room.
A closer date may still work, so call to ask. 800.849.8326
Ways to run your event
Choose the format that fits your team.
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Corporate events and team building in Coral Gables, FL: questions we get
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One team covers the whole metro. An activity in Coral Gables, FL is the same activity, run by the same facilitators, as in any of these cities.
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