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Corporate Team Building Activities in Oak Brook, IL

Hosted team building at your venue in Oak Brook, IL, for groups of 20 to 6,000+, with a same-day quote.

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Founded
2010
Group size
20 to 6,000+
Where we run activities
50 states + Canada
Formats
In person or virtual
Excellent5.0 out of 5

Why Oak Brook works for a corporate event

Oak Brook, in short

Oak Brook is a village of corporate headquarters about 19 miles west of the Chicago Loop, where the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) meets the Reagan Tollway (I-88). Its hotels are built for company meetings, and most of our Oak Brook events run in them as part of a sales meeting, a training day or a leadership offsite. We bring the kits, run the program in your meeting room and finish before the evening session.

Corporate team building events in Oak Brook, IL

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The activities corporate groups book most often in Oak Brook, IL.

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Game shows at the Hyatt Lodge

The Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook Chicago is where we work most here. Manufacturers and consultancies have played Best Corporate Feud and A Minute 2 Win It! in its meeting rooms, and one company meeting ran A Minute 2 Win It! as a charity round, with the prize money going to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana.

Builds for Chicago-area kids

At the Hyatt Lodge, Bears and Blankets has run for a healthcare company and a science kit build for a manufacturer, with the kits going to SOS Children's Villages Illinois. Bike Build Donation® has run at both the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort and the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook, including a whole-company build in a ballroom.

Training at Oak Brook Hills

The Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center suits a two-day program. A consulting firm held Emotional Intelligence Training there one day and Corporate Canvas the next, a workshop followed by a shared painting that went home with the team.

Manufacturers and their suppliers

Manufacturing companies book more Oak Brook events than any other industry, followed by consultancies, healthcare, telecom and food companies. Oak Brook has long been a headquarters town, home to Ace Hardware and Portillo's and to McDonald's for decades, and its hotels are used to hosting dealer and supplier meetings.

After the meeting

Oakbrook Center, the open-air mall at the heart of the village, has restaurants and Pinstripes, where a small team once played A Minute 2 Win It! over bowling and bocce. The Oak Brook Sports Core has polo fields and golf for a group that wants the afternoon outdoors.

Part of Chicagoland

Oak Brook is part of our Chicago coverage. The same team works downtown, in Naperville down I-88 and in Schaumburg, so a company with several suburban offices can plan them together.

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Where we host in Oak Brook

Hotels and venues where we have run corporate events in Oak Brook, IL. Photos come from each venue's own website.

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Planning guide

Oak Brook meeting rooms and what fits

Oak Brook's hotels have meeting rooms for a leadership team and ballrooms for a whole sales force; match the square feet per person below to the room.

Floor area per person

Measured another way

Corporate Canvas
Tables for the painters and a wall or easel for the finished piece.

Lawn space at a resort is booked through its event team, and we coordinate the setup with them.

A worked example

2,000 sq ft

80 people at 25 sq ft each

Each square is one person’s 25 sq ft.

A game show for a whole sales force fits a ballroom set in rounds. Ask the hotel for a stage or riser so everyone can see the scoreboard.

Planning guide

An Oak Brook planning calendar

The western suburbs have cold, snowy winters and warm summers. Most Oak Brook events run in meeting rooms, which makes any month workable.

  • Either way

    April and May

    • Cool to mild. May is a busy month for meetings here and good for a short outdoor game.

  • Outdoors

    June to September

    • Warm, with highs in the 80s. The weeks for a lawn program at a resort.

  • Either way

    October

    • Crisp and colorful. Outdoors on a dry day, indoors otherwise.

  • Indoors

    November to March

    • Cold with snow. January kickoff meetings and December builds all run indoors.

Dates to plan around

Holiday season at Oakbrook Center
Late November and December. Shopping traffic around the mall slows 22nd Street and Route 83.

January is busy with kickoff meetings at Oak Brook hotels, so book a January date by early November.

Planning guide

Getting to Oak Brook

Oak Brook sits at the junction of two tollways, and most attendees drive or come by car from the airport.

Flying in

O'Hare International (ORD)
North of Oak Brook via the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).
Midway International (MDW)
East of Oak Brook, the other Chicago airport.

Driving

I-294 and I-88
The two tollways meet at Oak Brook, and I-88 runs west to Naperville.
Parking
The hotels and Oakbrook Center have large free lots.

Transit

Pace
Pace buses serve the commercial corridor for attendees without a car.

Planning guide

Oak Brook lead times

  1. 8 weeks out

    A January kickoff, any December date and a program inside a conference at a resort.

  2. 5 weeks out

    A meeting-room program at an Oak Brook hotel the rest of the year.

  3. 10 days out

    Confirm numbers and the room set. For a charity round, tell us who should receive the winnings.

  4. Event day

    We set up while your session runs and hand the room back on schedule.

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Ways to run your event

Choose the format that fits your team.

In-Person Team Building

Facilitated activities delivered at your Oak Brook, IL venue or a location we help you find.

Virtual Team Building

Live-hosted activities that bring remote and distributed teams together.

Professional Development

Training and workshops that build lasting skills for your team.

Why BEST

North America's largest in-person team building and virtual event company, with the highest verified Customer TrustScore.
A Minute 2 Win It!, a Best Corporate Events activity
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How it Works

Using a proven model for improving team productivity, motivation, and collaboration through innovative team events, Best Corporate Events strengthens teams by delivering exceptional team building, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and professional development training programs that help corporate, academic, association, and government teams build trust and respect while enhancing leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

  1. 1

    BEST Event Planners

    Collaborate with one of our experienced planners who will help you find the perfect activity for your group.

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    BEST Needs Assessment

    Participate in our Needs Assessment to accurately identify the desired end results for the participants in your group.

  3. 3

    BEST Design

    Allow us to tailor your activity specifically for your group size, allotted time, goals, and outcomes.

  4. 4

    BEST Facilitators & Specialists

    Enjoy your event delivered by experienced, professional facilitators who average 12 to 25 years of experience.

Corporate events and team building in Oak Brook, IL: questions we get

Which Oak Brook hotels do you work with?

The Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook Chicago most often, then the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center, the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook and Pinstripes at Oakbrook Center. The hotels all have meeting rooms and ballrooms set up for company meetings.

What do Oak Brook groups choose?

A Minute 2 Win It! and Best Corporate Feud lead, then Bike Build Donation® and Bears and Blankets. For training days, Emotional Intelligence Training and Corporate Canvas have run back to back at Oak Brook Hills.

Can a game show raise money for charity?

Yes. At the Hyatt Lodge, a manufacturer's meeting played A Minute 2 Win It! as a charity round, and the winnings went to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana. The format works for any cause your company chooses.

Where do the donations go?

Oak Brook events have supported Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana and SOS Children's Villages Illinois, which received science kits built by a manufacturing team. A cause you already support works as well.

Do you run training as well as team building?

Yes. A consulting firm held Emotional Intelligence Training at the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort one day and Corporate Canvas the next. Competition to Collaboration® suits a leadership team in a breakout room.

Do you plan Oak Brook separately from Chicago?

It is the same Chicago team. This page covers the hotels where I-88 meets I-294; the Chicago page is about downtown and the rest of the region, and a company can plan both at once.

How large can an Oak Brook group be?

We have worked with everything from a leadership team to a whole sales force here. Programs scale from 30 to 1,000+, with more facilitators on the floor as numbers rise.

How far ahead should we book?

Give us eight weeks for a January kickoff, December or a resort conference, and five for a meeting-room program at other times. Closer dates sometimes work.

Also serving teams across Chicagoland

One team covers the whole metro. An activity in Oak Brook, IL is the same activity, run by the same facilitators, as in any of these cities.

Chicago, IL

Schaumburg, IL

Rosemont, IL

Let's Create Something Exceptional

Planning an event in Oak Brook, IL? A planner will match the right activities to your group and send a same-day quote.

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