  Alikat101 Member Username: Alikat101 Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2008 |
Hey everyone, I'm recently engaged and my fiance and I are looking forward to getting married in the city where we met and fell in love. Nothing says romance like Detroit, right? Ideally we would love to get married at the Belle Isle Conservatory and hold the reception at the Casino. Has anyone had any experience with holding events at the Casino? Any other suggestions for a interesting venue that won't break the bank? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2748 Registered: 10-2003 |
Congrats!! Welcome to DetroitYES!! I've got wedding memories on my mind (27 wonderful years yesterday!) so here you go!! Check out this current thread on this topic... Places to do a wedding reception downtown... https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/123664.html?1199488180 And try this link to an older thread Getting Married in the D https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/6790/115606.html?1192386 197 Good luck!! | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1839 Registered: 07-2004 |
This sounds so romantic! Welcome to the Forum Alikat101! I wish the DIA would allow weddings in the Great Hall; its so pretty in there now, with the glittery things hanging from the ceiling. I myself had my wedding reception at Alvin's Finer Delicatessen and Twilight Bar in 1987...its not available at the moment, but it was a lot of fun, and right in the Corridor neighborhood that I 'grew up in' as a baby artist. I am sure the fellow Forumers will come up with some great suggestions for you! | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 140 Registered: 02-2006 |
Congrads bud, My fiance and I marrying in Detroit in August. We used theknot.com to find all of the stuff we needed. Hope it helps, it has links to all the local things you need. | ||
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior Post Number: 210 Registered: 06-2005 |
i went to a wedding in the BI conservatory garden this past summer which was very nice-- and then the reception was at the saarinen skating pavilion at belle isle. the pavilion is awesome-- but would only work if you had a group of <100 guests. congratulations! | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 1398 Registered: 10-2003 |
here's another oldie but goodie about weddings: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/107211/111112.html info on the places you mentioned: Casino Rental 1st or 2nd Floor (4 hr. rental 2 hr. set up) $600 Both Levels $1,000 Additional Rental Hour $150/hr. (If Available) Additional Set Up Hour $25/hr. (If Available) Minimum Rental Deposit $250 Special Event Fee $50 (Non-Refundable) Meeting Room $75/hr. (Weekday 2 hr. Max.) With Kitchen $125/hr. Weddings Special Event Fee $50 (Non-Refundable) Scott Fountain $100 (2 hrs. 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.) Conservatory/Formal Garden $150 (2 hrs. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) $250 (2 hrs. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.) Rehearsals No Charge on Weekday http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/re creation/pdf/services_fees%200 7.pdf | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1840 Registered: 07-2004 |
 I would get married all over again if I could do it here! | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1401 Registered: 02-2004 |
Leoqueen, To the same person? | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2300 Registered: 10-2006 |
If my memory serves me correctly, I think that it is $6,000 to rent out the GM Winter Garden for a night... | ||
Single_malt Member Username: Single_malt Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2008 |
I proposed to my wife at the DIA, in Knight Hall. We had our engagement pictures taken on Belle Isle and our wedding was held in Christ Church on Jefferson, 2 blocks east of the Ren Cen. It was awesome. After the ceremony we had the limobus take us to downtwon detroit and we took pictures at the Fox, Comerica Park, Old Shilleghleh, and others. My wife used theknot.com to get our photographers and florists and stuff. | ||
Boynamedsue Member Username: Boynamedsue Post Number: 31 Registered: 03-2005 |
Try the Max Fisher Music Box | ||
Alikat101 Member Username: Alikat101 Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2008 |
Wow! Love this forum! Thanks for all the great info. I checked out the older threads too...a wealth of information on the Paris of the Midwest! Any body have any experiences at the Colony Club? I've heard it mentioned as an alternate to the Casino. Leoqueen I agree...I would love to get married in the Great Hall at the DIA! Mountainman...Congrats! Where are you guys getting hitched? | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 367 Registered: 02-2005 |
Alikat- Welcome to the forum, Congrats,when and where you get hitched! | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1124 Registered: 11-2005 |
Wow. I'm surprised the BI Casino is that expensive. But if you want it done in Albert Kahn style ya gotta pay Albert Kahn prices, I 'spose.  | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2758 Registered: 10-2003 |
Belle Isle Casino...not a Kahn. Yes, many references cite is as a Kahn. But according to the AIA Detroit book, the Casino was designed by Van Leyen and Schilling in 1907. | ||
Rsa Member Username: Rsa Post Number: 1399 Registered: 10-2003 |
BI casino expensive? not really; that's probably one of the cheapest that you'll find in the city. alikat; i have not been to an event in the colony club, but i have been in the space: it's quite impressive. i also am familiar with the management and they are extremely competant (sounds like it should be a given, but it's not. be wary of this when you start looking at places and talking to their managers; it'll save a lot of stress in the end). http://www.colonyclubdetroit.c om/ |
