About Room Reservations
One of the primary functions of the Detroit Center is to offer space for meetings and events. From here you can place a request to reserve a room for your meeting, lecture or other event. Please note the following:
- Meeting rooms and coworking spaces are available for use by current UM faculty, staff, and students, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. A reservation is required and can be made the same day through our booking system.
- Our event rooms are available by reservation for UM units, UM alumni, community partners, non-profits, and organizations. Reservation requests must be made at least 48 hours before the desired reservation start time. Please see our Room Information page for reservation hours and associated rental costs.
- All users of the Detroit Center need to check in at the front desk upon arrival. This allows us to keep track of who is in the space– and to see your smiling face!
Before placing a reservation request, please understand the following:
- Room reservations must include setup and teardown times, as we do book rooms back to back
- Online reservation requests do not guarantee the requested room, date or time
- Confirmation of your request will be sent via e-mail immediately
- A separate e-mail will be sent within 24-48 hours detailing the status of your request
- Requests must be made at least 48 hours prior to intended start time
- Room cancellations must be made within 24 hours of your event start time; any events cancelled less than 24 hours prior or any no-show events are subject to a $38 cancellation fee for UM departments/units and $100 cancellation fee for non-UM clients.
- Room time is reserved in increments of 15-minute intervals (15, 30, 45, etc.)
- University of Michigan units are required to provide a shortcode to reserve rooms at the Detroit Center; the shortcode will only be used if your unit reserves a room but fails to cancel it within 24 hours, if the room is no longer needed, or if your unit does not show for the event; if you have any question about this policy, please contact The Detroit Center at [email protected]
Rental Cost:
- University of Michigan units: Free of Charge
- Event room rentals are available to external, for-profit organizations at a rate of $160 per hour.
- Event room rentals are available for U-M Alumni, non-profit, government, and community-based organizations at a 50% discount on our published rates for future uses.
- U-M Alumni, non-profit, for profit, government, and community-based organizations are eligible for a free use of an event space after completing three (3) event reservations.
- There is a charge for U-M units, U-M Alumni, Non-Profits, and Organizations, if the event is after-hours.
| User Type | During normal hours M-Th, 8am-7pm F-S, 8am-5pm |
After hours |
| Current UM Faculty, Staff, or Student |
No charge | $38 per hour, per event room |
| UM Alumni, Government, Nonprofit, and Community Orgs | 50% off for-profit rate Currently $80 per hour, per event room |
$118 per hour, per event room |
| For-Profit Orgs | $160 per hour, per event room | $198 per hour, per event room |
Room Payments
If you are required to pay for your room, you will be provided an invoice at the time of your room confirmation. We are not able to accept cash, but we do accept credit cards, money orders, and checks. In order to pay via credit card, please visit the following link and follow the instructions below.
ssc.umich.edu/payments/pay-by-credit-card/
Scroll down to Pay by Credit Card
Select “Pay Now”
Click “START”
Select “None of the above” and click “NEXT”
Answer the prompt regarding your credit card
Enter and verify your email address
Enter your phone number
Select “Unique Identifier” and enter UMDCRENTAL
Enter the name of your event in the description field
Enter the amount of the payment
Enter the credit card information
Select “NEXT’
Complete the Order, Payment, and Billing Information
Select “Pay Now”
NOTE: Once payment is processed, please email [email protected] with a copy of the confirmation page.
