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or the final walk through, we were hit with more charges. Connie the banquet manager, was awful. She runs a little hustle to make a few extra dollars for herself. She did nothing is the setup of the space, in fact she wasn't even around during the wedding when there was issues, we were told we had to clean at the end, though she charges a cleaning fee, they ran out of trash bags, she wasn't there to navigate anything. The customer service was non existent. The venue supplies you with nothing, and they don't let you bring things in. I would not recommend this venue to anyone. We came for the rehearsal, she booked another appointment at the same time, then left without a word. No help or guidance at all. The day of the wedding she showed up to give us the napkins to fold on our own, many of which were dirty, terrible! I am not sure how Connie keeps her job. They do not have any type of bar package, you pay regular price, on a limited selection. The bar was very pricey. you are also expected to use her preferred vendors, if you don't,, there is an extra charge for that as well, i am sure she is getting a cut of that as well. we did use her vendors, which we also had some disappointment with. The only employee worthy of being there is Rachel, the bartender, very helpful when she could. great service with such limited resources. All in all, I would not use this venue, nor recommend this place. On your wedding day, you shouldn't have to do all the work, and have to clean the venue, you should be enjoying your special day.

condescending, and unpleasant. During the rehearsal she reminded us that she would not be assisting with anything because we didn’t pay extra to have her as our wedding coordinator. That’s fine because she seemed to judge us for any decision we made anyway. We ran out of food with 15 people left to eat and we had to track her down to get the rest of the food we paid for. She did not give us what was promised for the pregame package, tried to schedule a tour during my wedding, and even my guests commented on how stuck up she was. We are still waiting (almost a month later) for a refund on our deposit and what we over paid on the bar. You should choose another venue just so you don’t have to work with Connie. Also, don’t let the website price fool you. By the time you pay a $1 per chair and $200 to turn the lights on, you’ll end up paying $2000+ more than what you see on the website.

start on the important days… we had our rehearsal 2 days before our wedding. My husband and I already had an idea and plan of how we wanted it to go, but Connie took it upon herself to position all of us and take control without asking if we needed help. It confused all of us as she started from the end to the start. We ended up having to practice it again wedding morning because everyone was confused. I think it would’ve been helpful for a bride who is not a planner, but she definitely should’ve asked before she took over. We did not pay her to be our planner.. then wedding day comes. Connie asked me prior if it was ok if she held a “COUPLE” tours on our wedding morning. She said it’d be around 11-noon. Turns out she had 4 couples touring and they didn’t leave until 45 min before I was about to walk down the aisle. I was ok with them popping their heads in in the morning but when it got to be 3 o’clock and random people were coming in the bridal suite, it was NOT ok anymore. I had to put my wedding dress on in the bathroom because I was scared a random person was going to walk in and see me undressed. We all felt very uncomfortable. The day before my wedding, Connie texted me and asked if I wanted the curtains down outside. I told her no because the weather was nice. The weather turned south wedding morning and all our centerpieces were flying off the tables. So we asked for the curtains to come down. Connie said it was too late and no staff was there to do it. We said our groomsmen could handle it and she said the president said no. We pushed for hours to get the curtain down and then once she was done with her tours she came up to me as I was getting my hair done and said it could come down now. Our groomsmen put it down flat footed without a ladder or anything. They could’ve been put down hours prior but she was too busy with her tours to accommodate the wedding that was happening that day. After the curtains came down and our ceremony started, it was perfect. I got to marry the love of my life. But all of the stress the morning of could’ve been handled a lot better. I hope for everyone getting married after us, that this doesn’t happen to you too. It was extremely unfortunate. Especially considering we spent so much money to have the whole venue to ourselves and then I had to get dressed in the bathroom rather than the suite. I hope this is read and things change from here on for all the future brides sake. I suggest you set boundaries with Connie before your day

d you will have no surprises.