Vernon Downs Casino & Hotel

We had our daughter's wedding reception at Vernon Downs in September 2023 and had a truly wonderful experience from start to finish! We wanted a venue with lodging on site. Vernon Downs has very reasonable room rates and nice rooms. They offer several wedding packages at the BEST rates around! The packages include a free 2 night stay in the honeymoon suite plus use of a bridal suite for the bride and her wedding party to get ready in on the day of the wedding. It was also the perfect spot for a few of our guests to gather for a while after the reception! The packages include so much more but too much to list here. We opted for a buffet dinner and we were able to mix and match the packages to come up with the perfect package for us! The food was excellent and received rave reviews from our guests. The wait staff were so accommodating and friendly during the reception and during the farewell breakfast the following day. On to the wedding manager.....Brandy Crayton! She is the absolute best! She would respond to my emails in record time, answering all my questions and putting my mind at ease. She met with us personally to review every decoration we were bringing so she could be sure it was set up exactly as we wanted it. She's there on the day of the wedding to make sure all goes as planned. I did not worry one bit about the reception because I knew Brandy had a handle on it and it would be perfect! I cannot praise her enough.....she is that good! Our guests are still talking about our reception and what a great venue Vernon Downs is! Kudos to Brandy, all the staff and the cooks......you did an excellent job!!!!

When my husband and I were looking at venues, it was important to have rooms available for our guests close proximity to wedding venue. There are several more reasons to book with Vernon Downs. First of all, Vernon Downs is absolutely beautiful throughout the year. Secondly, there are outdoor and indoor ceremony options that give peace of mind if the weather does not cooperate with one’s vision. And thirdly, this venue is accompanied by the one and only Brandy Crayton. She is the wedding sales manager and she makes sure that no detail is overlooked and that everything runs smoothly. She is prompt to reply to any and every question. And she is fun and professional. Finally, Vernon Downs is reasonably priced and includes so much in the wedding package. Our catering, tables (and linens$, and our honeymoon and bridal suite were included in the price. If this doesn’t convince you to book your event with Brandy at Vernon Downs…nothing will!

We got married at Vernon Downs on May 13th and we had an amazing time! Brandy was so helpful the entire time leading up to the wedding and really helped everything go smoothly. The food was great and I really liked the convenience of having the rehearsal, ceremony, reception, and farewell breakfast all at the same venue. It was great having so many people from the wedding stay right at the hotel since so many of our guests were from out of town. The guests really loved being able to watch some races during the wedding and being able to continue the party in the casino after.

Vernon Downs was hands down the absolutely perfect place for our wedding. The facility and grounds are beautiful for photos, especially the gardens, and our guests had a blast at the casino after the reception. The bridal suite is beautiful and large enough to accommodate wedding parties and hair/makeup vendors for getting ready before the big day and the honeymoon suite was the perfect way to end the night. The food was delicious, and we had nothing but compliments from our guests on the buffet options we chose. Above all, we cannot say enough about how incredible the staff is, especially Brandy the wedding coordinator. She helped to make our day perfect down to the last detail with everything including our menu, decorations, rehearsal dinner, cocktail hour and of course the reception. I cannot say enough good things about her. From the beginning to the end, she answered any and all questions, always responded incredibly quickly, was always friendly and seemed happy to help, and was just absolutely fantastic to work with. She helped to make all of our decorating and layout ideas come to life and coordinated with our vendors which was a huge help. We are beyond happy with our decision to have had our reception at Vernon Downs and would highly recommend it.

Booking our wedding here was the best decision we could have made. My husband and I knew we wanted a hotel venue and we looked at several in the area. We couldn't believe how much more favorable Vernon Downs' packages were compared to everywhere else. So much is included for such a reasonable price when you book with them! Our guests were able to book rooms for only $99 a night because they were having a winter special. We got the honeymoon suite complimentary for two nights, which was recently remodeled and had a great aesthetic. It comes with a Jacuzzi which was much needed! We also had use of their bridal suite which was bright and spacious and had everything we needed. Our ceremony and reception took place in the ballroom which was gorgeous, and easily fit our 150 guests with a large dance floor. We chose a plated package and heard only good things about the meals. (My husband and I could barely eat from the nerves!) They serve large portions, and you get to try everything a few months ahead of time at a complimentary private tasting! The open bar is included in your package, and the bartenders and staff were so friendly and accommodating. And lets not forget Brandy! She is the coordinator, and full-time superhero. She rolled with every crazy request I threw at her (including the 2 truckloads of decorations we brought). I'm pretty sure she never sleeps because she is always available, and responds to emails basically immediately. She also worked seamlessly with my vendors, which took a lot off my plate. There is no question she cant answer and no problem she cant handle. My husband and I didn't have to worry about a single thing on our wedding weekend - the staff took care of it all. From set up to take down, from the rehearsal dinner to the morning after, they were on top of it. I've rarely heard of a wedding flowing as seamlessly as mine did and it is all thanks to Brandy and Vernon Downs. Run, don't walk to book this venue!

It was such a pleasure working with Brandy and the team at Vernon Downs for our recent wedding. They were incredibly responsive to all of our questions and concerns throughout the planning process. Brandy was so helpful with her suggestions and guidance, from our first tour of the venue all the way through our final meeting and the day of the event. She was able to handle all the last minute changes we requested seamlessly. We were both so happy with our decision and could not have hoped for a better outcome. We would highly recommend Vernon Downs to any prospective couples.

We recently had our wedding at Vernon Downs a few weeks ago. We are so happy with our decision! All of the staff has been great to work with. Brandy , the coordinator, has been incredible to work with through the entire process! She responded quickly and cordially to each of my questions (there were a lot!!). She was so helpful and I am truly grateful to have her throughout this journey. Our day at Vernon Downs was above and beyond anything we could have imagined! I would absolutely recommend Vernon Downs to anyone looking for a wedding venue.

I cannot say enough wonderful things about Brandy & the Vernon Downs team. Brandy was absolutely amazing to work with, especially with everything having to be postponed for a year, she made it so easy & stress-free. I could not have asked for a better person to work with, she was so helpful and quick to respond, professional, friendly & understanding. She honestly went above & beyond for everything. I didn’t have any worries with her making sure our day was everything we imagined. I had a VERY large wedding party & wedding she accommodated everything we needed without question. Not only did her & the staff make sure our wedding was perfect, they also put as much care into our rehearsal dinner & farewell breakfast. The hotel staff was also so helpful. I could go on & on about every little thing… from Brandy rearranging or helping me with wedding guests reservations to the staff out there the morning of my wedding leaf blowing the chairs to make sure they were dry from the rain the night before. The weekend was incredible. We received so many compliments from the guests. Wish we could do it all over again. I completely recommend Vernon Downs!

Our original wedding date was 5/15/21 however Covid put a stick in it and we had to change dates. We picked Vernon Downs around April '20 and from that point on they outdid themselves. I was a bride planning and dealing with the pandemic, not knowing and the wedding coordinator Brandy was with me every step. She responded to every email I had, some 2-3 times a day. Then when our date 9/17/21 finally came they did not disappoint. The day was perfect! Brandy was amazing and made things for me so much less stressful. Vernon Downs is the best venue that I would highly recommend to anyone. My guests raved about the food as well!

We were just married last Friday (10/12/18) and could not say enough great things about Vernon Downs and their staff! Most importantly, Eric, their wedding coordinator was beyond amazing to work with! Every email we sent was always answered immediately. He made the extremely stressful wedding planning so much easier and was always on top of everything. We had some last minute guest count changes and seating changes which he handled greatly and completely eliminated the stress on our part. Day of the wedding, he was on top of everything!! Had some threat of rain, but Eric had a game plan for everything! He could not have made our wedding day easier or more enjoyable! I could seriously go on for pages on how fabulous he was to work with! The venue itself is incredible, lots of gorgeous places for pictures both inside and out. The race track offers a unique opportunity to use bets as favors! The food at the venue was also incredible! Guests are still raving about how delicious everything was! I have zero complaints or any criticism to offer towards the venue/staff. Many of our guests said it was the best wedding they had been to in a long time! I would recommend getting married here to anyone! They also work hard to fit whatever your dream wedding is into whatever budget you may have to work with, which is wonderful in itself! We LOVED having our wedding here!

Vernon Downs exceeded every expectation we had for a wedding venue! It was gorgeous, the food was amazing and the staff was unbelievable! Everyone was SO accommodating and extremely helpful! Especially Eric Foster the wedding coordinator! He was a god send throughout the wedding planning process and truly helped give us the wedding of our dreams! We could not recommend Vernon Downs enough to those starting out this process!!

They took care of everything . Everyone had a great time!

Kayleigh is amazing at her job. She is patient, attentive, and focused. She is there every time I have a question. Venue for ceremony is beautiful, the ballroom is very nice. Only downfall is you have to decorate it yourself which can be pricey. You need a company to go in and do a lot of the decorating due to high ceilings and needing liability insurance.

We absolutely loved our wedding venue. Our choice to go with Vernon Downs turned out to be perfect for us. We ended up doing a lot of tweaking with our menu buffet because we were not originally happy with our preliminary food tasting but in the end we got nothing but sincere compliments on the food. If the weather permits, the use of the terrace for cocktail hour gives a reception a beautiful twist. Overlooking the racetrack on a beautiful day makes a truly scenic backdrop for photos and it's nice to give the guests an outdoor option if they choose to venture up there at some point during the reception. We would not recommend Mr. G's which is a small eatery off the lobby. The service wasn't great and the food is nothing to write home about. The eateries in the casino are great though, and even though there are no table games at this casino the slot machines were a great compliment to the end of the night as was the bar in the casino area. We received great service and all the vendors seemed to work well with our wedding planner from Vernon. Overall, we would absolutely recommend Vernon Downs as a place to have your wedding reception.

Everyone at Vernon Downs in group sales were wonderful. The staff at the wedding were very friendly and the buffet went very fast. It was very well organized. The reason why I did not give them a 5 is because of the hotel staff. I was told they operate separately and they were not very accommodating. A couple of my guests had to wait well past check in time for there rooms to be ready, I was told the hotel check in people were rude by my guests as well as my other vendors when asked questions. I would recommend Vernon as a wedding venue, just don't expect much out of the people at the hotel counter.

Everything was well organized and just as discussed in meetings! The food was also wonderful! A+++

Awesome experience with this vendor as our venue. Made everything absolutely perfect for our special day!