Benton Civic Center

The Benton Civic Center is a multi-purpose facility located in the heart of Southern Illinois. Rend Lake, voted one of the Seven Wonders of Illinois, lies just to the north with Interstate 57 only several hundred yards to the east providing easy access to all of mid-america.

The Center features a unique capability to host a variety of events with seating up to 1,200 for meetings and theatrical events in a flexible seating environment. Dinner and banquet seating can range from 100 to 800 guests seated comfortably at tables throughout the main floor area.

Call us at (618) 435-5700 for more details. Our main office is open daily from 9AM - 1PM.

Wednesday, March 21 marked a special day for the Authority Board of the Benton Civic Center as they broke ground for the new capitol improvement project scheduled to begin within weeks.  This represents the construction phase of the project that has taken over two years to formulate and bring to this point.  The Board wishes to publicly thank all those who have worked so hard on this project for the community.  Those people and agencies include:

• The City of Benton and Mayor Gary Kraft
  

• Brian Edmison - Architect
  

• Southern Illinois Bank (James Renik, President  & Bill Simpson, Corporate Loans)
  

• United States Department of Agriculture
  

• Greater Egypt Regional Development
  

• Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity