About this vendor
Within 1 hour west of the Twin Cities, Classic Hall lends personality and charm to any event. Unique features include Hollywood-style "Old Town" setting, attached classic car showroom, lounge, bar, 12-foot by 8-foot screen, projector, sound system. Moveable curtains allow us to host large parties or intimate gatherings.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Ballroom
- Industrial & Warehouse
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Food & Catering
- Planning
- Wedding Design
- Rentals & Equipment
- Service Staff
Reviews
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3.3
out of 5.011 reviews
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. STAY AWAY
My husband and I had our wedding at Classic Hall Event Center. Once our event had taken place my husband and I have agreed, we will not be doing ANY future business with the Classi...
c Hall. I personally worked with Brit for about 6 months at the Classic Hall. During that time I learned a lot about Brit Haskins, this made me very sceptical to have our event at Classic Hall, but was too late as we had already put so much money down on our wedding.
We booked the ‘Elite’ Package ($2,800). I decided to not purchase the decor package as it was way too expensive ($3,000) so I did the decor myself. During the planning process Brit really never checked in with me and was not the easiest to get a hold of when I did have questions.
After multiple re-schedules to book our final walk through meeting to accommodate her schedule, at one point was suggested me to ride with her to another event location that was more important to her, we finally settled on meeting at 8:30PM on a Friday night.
Wednesday before our event we set up the decor, before we got there I got a text from Brit explaining 5 of the 15 linens wouldn’t be arriving until Thursday EOD as they were shipped ‘separately’. She then asked if I would be ok with her giving me the building key to close up as she had family obligations. That night I also mentioned to her that I had forgotten to give her my slideshow on a USB and she said “yeah we should test that to make sure it works” fast forward the night before our wedding telling me at 7:46PM that the slideshow needed to be on a DVD. This was not addressed during the two conversations I had with her nor the email I sent her with the slideshow as a backup.
Also that night I had noticed the linens that I had paid extra money for were not pressed and placed on the table straight from the package. I text Brit that night that the lines were not pressed she just replied that she didn’t have a way to press the linens. The next morning, I brought my own ironing board and iron to press the linens myself. I had left for an appointment meanwhile I got a message from Brit “Ummm..need my linens to set your tables…” once we got back from my appointment my MOH and I proceeded to press the linens while Brit tried to tell us a ‘smarter’ way to press the linens with her steamer.
When we arrived to the grooms dinner I was greeted by the chef who proceeded to tell me that Brit had confirmed a couple days prior that we would be having ham dinner. As this was not the dinner we had picked and had always been a pasta dinner. Leaving the grooms dinner that night we still have two linens missing as the assistant said she had two of the linens at her house and at this point I didn’t know what was the truth.
I never felt like our event was a top priority for Brit and never once did she show any interest in our event. I was treated like an employee more than a client. I feel like this space was way over priced paying for a building with limited added service. (9K+) She will never owns up to her own mistakes when confronted and has an excuse for everything even though poor communication and reposes time is common feedback she gets from clients.
Future Brides proceed at your own risk, if you’re looking for immediate customer service this is not the place to book your wedding.
I was the MOH in the most recent wedding at this venue. I've been given permission to write this review from the bride and groom.
Where to start? The bride used to work at the ve...
nue about a year back. The owner/coordinator, Brit, treated her more as an employee than a client. Here's why.
The bride had to buy her own floor length table linens for 15 tables. Bride paid $150 to Brit to order the linens. Which okay whatever. The venue was going to have the tables ready. The Bride and I showed up Thursday to set up. Most of the linens were there...but not all of them. 10 out of the 15 linens were at the venue. Where were they? Hadn't been shipped yet. Okay...
*Side note* Brit had been called to Brainerd and we ended up with the other coordinator, which thank god. Emily was a godsend.
Get there Friday for rehearsal and set up the rest of the tables since we didnt have 5 of the linens. 3 of the linens were there, but where were the 2 other ones? "Apparently" the linens had been shipped in two different boxes. One box had showed up, the other one had not.
Emily had told me she had the 2 other linens at her house and would have them ready to go Saturday morning before we showed up to the venue to get ready. Like I had said, Emily was a godsend and she had everything done.
Rehearsal Dinner - The grooms dinner had always had been pasta. Caterer shows up with ham. Caterer had confirmed with Brit a couple days prior that it was pasta and Brit said no, it was ham. So out comes the ham at grooms dinner. The bride had everything in her details sheet and confirmed pasta at their final meeting with Brit. The caterer felt so bad for the wrong grooms dinner, that he did a complimentary pasta dish for the wedding dinner. Bless him.
Wedding Day - Things went pretty well. The only downfall was the bride had made a slideshow to play during dinner and the reception. It was unknown to the bride the slideshow had to be formatted on a DVD, where the bride was told to us an USB for the slideshow. Okay well. Lack of communication. Bride and I went to buy blank DVDs. Formatted it onto the DVD. Wedding Day - They couldn't get it to work. Icing on cake.
You dont get what you pay for. You get a shady coordinator.
Every future bride. Be careful.
The food was catered in from Broaster Catering and was amazing. The venue was beautiful. The staff, however, was amazingly rude( management only.). The waitstaff and barstaff were...
wonderful! The manager asked me to leave after letting her know that I could hear her and the staff talking louder than I could hear the brides father give his speech. I asked her for a business card and she said no, kicked me out, and said that I was only going to say something negative about her. Her comment was that after I had pointed out that they were loud that she could see me talking to another guest. I thought that's what guests should be entitled to do- not the help who was hired to execute a flawless reception. On another note- I was speaking at a whisper so although she saw me talking to another person she could not claim that she heard me.
Overall, it is incredibly charming, perfect for a large wedding, and Brit Haskins is SO much help and great at what she does!
We had our wedding reception at Classic Hall, and overall I was happy with how things went.
We booked the venue in 2013 and by the time of our wedding in 2014, the person in th...
e event coordinator role had changed three times. It was a little frustrating to have the point-of-contact change so frequently, and some things slipped through the cracks when they were transitioning. They didn't document one of the deposits that we had paid, so I was glad I had kept everything well-documented on my end. There were other small issues and miscommunications the week of the wedding - details that we had discussed and nailed down with them were suddenly changed or they didn't have on file. It was frustrating and made us all nervous that things wouldn't go as smoothly for the reception as we hoped.
Once the day came, though, everything went really well. The building looked great, and all of our guests loved it. All of our vendors did an awesome job pulling things together, but it was especially nice to have someone from Classic Hall on staff that whole afternoon/evening to make sure that things went smoothly. We were really happy with the end result!
Party planner was extremely helpful. I got sick at the reception and she offered to drive to the nearest gas station and get me tums or rolaids. Also, she was always available when...
ever I had a question beforehand. She took a lot of stress off of my shoulders and the facility was awesome, all of our guests loved it! Wonderful experience!
We had our 50's retro inspired wedding reception here and it was the perfect place. It has a unique atmosphere and very helpful staff. We even got to drive our 1970's Ford Torino r...
ight into the hall!
Our wedding was on April 30th, 2011 and it is almost July and people are still raving about our venue! The coordinators were very willing to do whatever they could to make our day...
special! Everything went according to planned because of all of the attention to detail they put forth. The venue site itself was more than accommodating for our 300+ guests...plenty of room for seating and dancing! I would recommend this venue to anyone:)
Very unique location and very friendly, helpful staff! Had an awesome reception!
Beautiful place, but not same as every other hall you have encountered in the central Minnesota area! We had Many complements on how nice it was. The dance floor is HUGE and we nee...
ded it to be that big! We served 338 meals and it held all of those people (and even more as the night went on) easily! Their clerical organization could use a little improvement. I felt like we had to repeat our requests a few times. Also, I would like to see more "high-top" tables for around the dance floor and some small tables in the bathrooms for hospitality baskets. It is a little spendy and they really get you on the little things, but what venue doesn't?!
Contact
220 Poplar Ln, Annandale, MN