So to be a total PITA, if we switch to the Great Dane, can we switch our room block to the Quality Inn?
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F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
NoiseDesign - Apr 15, 2008 5:47:47 pm PDT #8253 of 10002
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SailAweigh - Apr 15, 2008 5:47:56 pm PDT #8254 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I've only been in this Great Dane a couple of times. It's a huge place with two floors and a covered garden patio. I've only been there at lunch time, so I didn't even know they had a dance floor until the event manager mentioned it. He did say if we didn't want to go for a private room, they could set part of the dance floor seating aside for us early in the evening, but as the night wore on and other folks wanted to dance, they couldn't guarantee us reserved seating anymore. That, of course, wouldn't cost us anything, but it's not really even close to private.
eta: ND, I thought the same thing! Hee. We should.
NoiseDesign - Apr 15, 2008 5:55:04 pm PDT #8255 of 10002
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If I understand right for 4 hours of Prom time we'd be looking at $1100. If we have them do some catered food for us, we can subtract the amount that we pay for the catered food from the $1100. This is about the same deal we had in New Orleans. We ended up spending the money on having an open bar and some food and it worked out great.
Pix - Apr 15, 2008 5:58:41 pm PDT #8256 of 10002
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That's for the half room, right? Sail, do you know if it is sectioned off from the rest of that room? I assume we don't have more than 40 people going?
SailAweigh - Apr 15, 2008 5:59:24 pm PDT #8257 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's what I was wondering ND. I always throw into the pot for the F2F, but I don't care about the total, usually. I leave that up to the people running the show. Oh, that's me this time. So, what is the average budget? Maybe the Great Dane wouldn't break the bank anymore than any other F2F has. And seriously, if the weather is good (and mid June should be good), the garden patio would be awesome.
SailAweigh - Apr 15, 2008 6:00:52 pm PDT #8258 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Kristin, it sounds like the room gets sectioned off:
Our Private Dining room seats up to a maximum of 80 people. Half of the room would accommodate a maximum of 40 people
Pix - Apr 15, 2008 6:01:55 pm PDT #8259 of 10002
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Very true. I just checked out the site, and it looks great! Would it be possible for you to go down to check the private rooms out to see if half vs. whole would work?
And yes, if it's only $275/hour minus catering, that's a steal for the space. I love that there's billiards right there, too. If it's the full $550, that's when fundraising is going to come in.
NoiseDesign - Apr 15, 2008 6:02:02 pm PDT #8260 of 10002
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I remember the numbers being well north of $1000 in New Orleans.
NoiseDesign - Apr 15, 2008 6:05:59 pm PDT #8261 of 10002
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I just checked my records and it looks like we spent almost $3000 between the hospitality suite and the prom room in New Orleans.
SailAweigh - Apr 15, 2008 6:06:22 pm PDT #8262 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Not a problem at all, Kristin. I might be able to do it first thing on Thursday. I'm taking the day off for my sister-in-law's sister's funeral, but we're not leaving until 1:00 in the afternoon. Gives me time to run down and look at it. Maybe take my camera and get some shots of it and of the garden patio for comparison.
Eta: I'm off to bed. I'll be glad to answer more questions tomorrow.