About this vendor
Located in Bemidji, MN, Sanford Center is a beautiful wedding venue on Lake Bemidji.
We offer a variety of dining options at reasonable prices. With our experienced staff to help you every step of the way, your event is sure to be a success! 10,000 square-foot Grand Ballroom accommodates groups from 10 to 1000. 4,000 square-feet of available break out meeting space. A 1,200-square-foot pre-function area. 45,000 total square feet of event space.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Ballroom
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Cakes & Desserts
- Other Desserts
- Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
- Destination Wedding Planning
Reviews
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4.5
out of 5.04 reviews
The Sanford Center has an amazing staff that were very helpful during our planning process. They offer several areas within the Sanford Center where you can hold a ceremony and/or ...
reception. Our reception was held in the ballroom and it was perfect! I am 100% glad that we chose the Sanford Center for our big day! :)
From the start we started working with a fabulous group of people.
Throughout our year of planning and discussing specifics with the employees, many staffing changes took plac...
e so we were shuffled around, but always brought back to the same two people. My husband, finance at the time, told them it was getting ridiculous and they kept us with these two people.
The day of our wedding was absolutely fantastic and NOTHING could have gone better.. The food was the best wedding food I have ever tasted and we had many compliments on it the night off and after. The people working the night of we're so nice and catered to us like royalty, seriously.
The people here were great to work with, and patient through all of our changes.
The Sanford Center (BREC) in Bemidji was a beautiful place to hold our larger sized wedding. We had about 500 guests attend the reception and everybody fit comfortably there. Altho...
ugh we opted to have our dinner catered to the church (by Wild Hare Bistro), you can have dinner there as well. We decided to have a couple different snacks set out for the entire night for people to munch on and that was such a great idea.
What I had a problem with was that when we discussed price, it seemed very reasonable and fit into our small to mid-sized budget. The manager failed to tell me all of the hidden costs which included personell, taxes, service charges, and (the one that got me the most) paying for booze that guests snuck in. We ended up paying about 50% more than what was discussed, and out of our budget.
One other problem was that while we were paying the security personell, they asked my dad to remove a guest who had had too much to drink, instead of addressing it themselves.
The facility had great space, reasonable prices (even after the extra costs), was set up easily and conveniently. Over-all, it was wonderful reception. I would just suggest to get all the pricing clarified if you're on a budget.
Contact
1111 Event Center Dr. NE, Bemidji, MN | Northern Minnesota
The Sanford Center