Who We AreEvent Ideas & Inspiration at The Bonus Room
At The Bonus Room, we believe every celebration deserves a welcoming, comfortable, and affordable space. Whether you're planning a graduation party, engagement celebration, birthday, holiday gathering, family reunion, bridal shower, or business meeting, we're here to help make your event memorable.
Since opening our doors in historic downtown Lakeville, we've proudly hosted hundreds of events of every size and style. Our flexible venue allows you to personalize your celebration while enjoying the convenience of a dedicated event space.
Why Choose Our Bonus Room?
Convenient ParkingYour guests will appreciate easy access with ample on-street parking and a large public parking lot located just across the street
Affordable & FlexibleHosting at The Bonus Room can be more affordable than renting tents, tables, chairs, and other equipment for a home event. We offer flexible rental options that give you plenty of time for decorating, celebrating, and cleanup.
Relax & Enjoy The CelebrationInstead of worrying about your home, focus on spending time with family and friends. Our venue gives you the freedom to enjoy your event while leaving household concerns behind.
Perfect In Any SeasonMinnesota weather can be unpredictable. Our climate-controlled indoor venue keeps your guests comfortable year-round, rain or shine.
Ready For Your EventSkip the stress of preparing your home. Our clean, spacious venue is ready for you to make it your own. Bring your decorations if you'd like or keep things simple. Just arrive with your food, beverages, and guests
Perfect for Every Celebration
Our Story
We live in Lakeville. Our kids go to Lakeville schools. We both work in real estate in this community and Joe is a volunteer firefighter with the Lakeville Fire Department. He’s also a Lakeville native and graduated from Lakeville High School back in 1997.
We’re invested in this city, especially the historic downtown. We believe it’s the heart and soul of the community . Our mission and passion is to give something back, to support our friends and family and provide a place for people to gather. We wanted to keep it affordable so The Bonus Room might be an option for smaller groups as well as larger celebrations.
Since we opened our doors last March we’ve hosted just about any kind of event you can think of: baby showers, groom’s dinners, family reunions, birthday parties, book clubs, networking meetings, game watch parties, pop-up boutiques, classes, bridal showers, and so many more. We feel blessed to be a part of so many celebrations!
We hope The Bonus Room is just the extra space you need, and we can’t wait to share our labor of love with you!
-The Pannkuk Family
Ideas for the Big Game!
Whether you’re hunkering down in front of the TV with the family, or filling your house with friends to watch the big game, we’ve got some ideas that will make it a memorable event!
These loaded tater tots on a stick are easy to make and super delicious!
Food
There are so many recipes out there for tried and true game watch snacks. Some of our favorite places to get ideas are:
The Bonus Room’s Favorite Eats Pinterest Board
Food Network always has a wide variety of ideas, from sweet to spicy, and everything in between!
Still don’t have your menu set? Visit Good Housekeeping’s list of snack suggestions.
Decor
There are plenty of football-themed decorations available at your favorite local retailer. You can snag team-colored plates and napkins, spread out a tablecloth of artificial grass and even create a football-themed banner out of brown paper bag pennants. But if you want to take it a step further, check out some of these ideas:
Woman’s Day has instructions on banners, napkin rings and more.
Check out these crafts from Good Housekeeping for something to keep the kids busy while you’re prepping the food. We like the cupcake toppers best!
Games
Depending on the crowd, you can create your own betting squares, Bingo cards, and more!
These ideas from The Spruce have something for everyone—from the kid crowd to an adults-only crowd.
If you haven’t found enough to occupy your guests, check out these activities from Play.Party.Plan.
Hopefully we’ve given you enough resources to plan the perfect game watch get together! And don’t forget, if you’re ever looking for the perfect place to watch the big game, or need extra space for any other event, keep The Bonus Room in mind! We’re just the extra space you need.