Turn twice to the right and once to the left and open your next corporate meeting in the middle of a bank vault. Ok, not a live one with money you van grab, but the surroundings will surely get incentive groups in particular motivated to excel through another year.

There long has been a “secret” New York where old banks, created by the Microsoft of financial building designers in their time, had historic vaults and incredible architecture that were waiting for another use. Well, the secret is out, and a few venues are leading a restoration renaissance of these old landmarks.

For example, your group can enjoy the design of vaults that have been meticulously retrofitted with gold leaf and include bronze hinges with the bank’s original logo. They have domes that are over 100-feet high, rare cage elevators, enormous limestone columns, mosaics, intricate irons screens where tellers once worked, and huge wooden beamed ceilings. The largest event spaces for corporate galas feature hand-cut marble floors.

Overall, old banks are amazing venues that will make your attendees fell like the tens of millions of dollars in savings that were once accumulated there.