How to Get Married at the TWA Hotel in 2026 & 2027: A Complete Guide

The TWA Hotel is a mid-century modern masterpiece and one of the most architecturally significant wedding venues in New York. Here’s everything you need to know about planning your wedding at this iconic property, including ceremony locations, wedding logistics, and starting rates for 2026 and 2027 weddings.

The Architecture: A Brief History

Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect whose work defined a particular strain of mid-century modernism: sculptural, expressive, and monumental. Saarinen trained at Yale and worked alongside Charles Eames before establishing his own practice. His other major works include the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and a series of furniture designs that became central to mid-century modernism: the Womb Chair, the Tulip Chair, and the Pedestal Collection.

The TWA flight terminal is a thin-shell concrete structure, four intersecting vaults supported on Y-shaped piers, designed to evoke a bird in flight. It functioned as TWA's terminal until the airline collapsed in 2001, then sat empty for nearly two decades. The $265 million restoration opened in May 2019. The preservation work was unusually rigorous. The original deep red carpet was rewoven from period samples. The penny tile is original. The Solari split-flap departure boards still operate. The custom typography throughout the property was redrawn from Saarinen's own sketches. Even the manhole covers were custom-cast. The two new hotel wings behind the terminal were specifically designed to recede — neutral curved volumes that hide what couldn't be removed (including the JetBlue terminal next door) and let Saarinen's building remain the experience.

The Spaces

The Sunken Lounge. Saarinen's signature conversation pit, sunk into the terminal floor and lined in the original red. This is the icon — the most-photographed interior space in the building (for good reason). Suited for ceremonies up to roughly 80, cocktail hours, and intimate receptions.

The Constellation Ballroom. The primary reception space — 4,200 square feet, 15-foot ceilings, authentic penny-tile flooring, with windows onto the Saarinen terminal. Most full-size receptions happen here.

Landmark Hall. The 5,000-square-foot pre-function space outside the Constellation Ballroom. Cocktail-hour territory, connected to Eero's Bar.

The 1962 Room. A smaller event space carrying the same mid-century treatment. Rehearsal dinners, welcome events, smaller weddings.

The tarmac and Connie. Connie is one of only four surviving Lockheed Constellation L-1649A airframes. She was built in 1958, restored, parked permanently outside the terminal, and converted into a cocktail lounge. Tarmac ceremonies are permitted. Cabin cocktail hours and afterparties inside Connie are reservable.

The rooftop pool. A heated 63-by-20-foot infinity pool inspired by the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, on the observation deck overlooking Runway 4 Left/22 Right. Capacity 200. Functions as cocktail-hour or after-party space rather than primary reception.

The flight tubes. The red-carpeted Saarinen-designed tunnels connecting the terminal to the new guest-room wings. Famous from Catch Me If You Can. Not event space, but consistently the most-photographed portrait location on the property.

Total event capacity across connected spaces: 1,600. Largest single seated-banquet capacity: 400.