Dallas-Ft. Worth Venue List

ChocolateDelight

Venue Name: Cotton Mill of McKinney
Contact Info:  www.Mckinneycottonmill.com
Location:  near downtown McKinney
Capacity:  500 
Outdoor ceremony option:  Yes
Price: $5,000 - $8,000 (depending on the season & month)
DIY:  Yes.  Gorgeous - blank slate if you want to customize it.   You practically bring in everything and use any vendor you want.
Can use your own Caterer and BYOB. Bartenders must be TABC certified.
Exclusions: No glass bottles or hard liquor allowed
Notes:  Includes all white linens, chairs, tables and some decor.  Rental fee includes set up of the chairs, tables and linen.  Historical building, so there are some limitations on decor especially when it comes to the use of candles.   Very limited kitchen prep space.   Since it is a DIY building, all set-up and clean up is done by you.

rhsdiplomanic25

Venue Name:  The Stockyards Station - Stockman's Club
Contact info or website: http://www.stockyardsstation.com/
Location:  Downtown Fort Worth - Stockyards
Capacity:  The Stockman's Club holds max 200 but there are other rooms that can hold up to 800
Outdoor ceremony option:  Not for the stockman's club or the other featured rooms but they do offer the back forty which is outside, no sure about ceremonies held here. 
Price: It depends on which package you go with. You pay for the choice of food perferred and the price ranges from $20 to $45+ pp. In the Stockman's Club you must have a min. of 100 people. 
DIY:  Most is provided. They provide centerpieces we preferred to bring in our own, this was no problem. 
Exclusions: Must use Risky's Barbque catering and their alcohol, bartender, and security. 
Notes:  Include tables, linens (many choices), chairs, centerpieces and parking. They had no problem with us bringing in a chair cover vender, DJ, etc (they do not offer these). We also were able to hold the ceremony in the same venue at no additional cost. Event planner, staff to pick up plates and keep things tidy and to set up/break down included. Dance floor and stage in room. Rehearsal can be done if room is not previously booked the night before, but staff is very helpful with letting us use a room next door or other solutions, they also provide parking passes for rehearsal.  Includes a small bridal room outside of room.  Catering comes with plastic silverware/glasses in black but you can upgrade to glass at an additional cost.

pinkchikis

Venue Name:  Victor's Event Room; http://www.victorseventroom.com  
Location:  Grand Prairie, TX
Capacity:  150+
Outdoor ceremony option:  No
Price: Starting at $1,195+ ; depending on additional services needed.
DIY:  Yes; may use centerpieces they provide.
Exclusions: Can drinks and bottled beverages not permitted; must use glasses provided.
Notes:  Includes all linens, tables, chairs, some decor, dressing room, set-up, clean-up.
Beer and wine only.
No smoking.

juliebug1997

Venue Name:  Maggiano's Little Italy
Location:  North Park Dallas
Capacity:  Reception, 120 max (unless you don't want a dancefloor)
Price: $85+ per person; $5K minimum; 20% service charge
DIY:  All services provided by venue, except centerpieces.
Notes:  Includes all linens, chair covers, in-house event planner, open bar and most of cost of cake from Dallas Affaires.  We got two appetizers, two salads, two pasta dishes, two meat dishes and two desserts.  We traded in the two desserts towards the cost of upgrading to beef tenderloin.
Valet parking

NathanandJordan

Venue Name:  Harmony Chapel
Contact info for website: harmonychapel.com
Location: Aubrey, TX (Denton)
Capacity:  130
Outdoor ceremony option:  no
Price:  4200; includes 5 hours use of facilities plus hour rehearsal, tables, chairs, white tablecloths, choice of centerpiece, $350 allowance and candy haven cakes, bar (must provide own alcohol, but no need for off duty officer or TABC bartender; $200 charge) with kegerator, plates, cups, utensils.
DIY:  must provide bartender, dj, officiant, and flowers
Exclusions: can use outside caterer, but there is a $2pp charge
Notes: beautiful chapel!  Needs very little decoration

carmen9311

Venue Name:  Sheraton Downtown Dallas -- Chaparral Room/ 38th Floor
Contact info for website: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3207
Location: Downtown Dallas
Capacity:  250 with dance floor 
Outdoor ceremony option:  not sure? 
Price:  $12,000 minimum; 22% service charge; $45++ per person for me (plated dinner with chicken and fish duo)
DIY:  provides dance floor, staging, linens, plating, centerpieces (do not suggest using! only a mirror tile, hurricane globe, and votive candle)
Exclusions: cannot use an outside caterer
Notes: this is an absolutely beautiful site. it used to be the adam's mark, but it is renovated and looks great now. i am working with brenda and she is wonderful.

Included in Package:

- bridal room day of (and night before for me...this is not normally offered)

- accommodations the night of the wedding with breakfast in bed the next morning

- two sets of rooms for parents to stay in for the night of the wedding

- complimentary champagne toast

- room is on the 38th floor and has 2 small rooms other than the ballroom that are yours for the night. i'm using the bigger room as a kids' room and the smaller room just as a mingling room/ place for the bridal party to stay before our entrance

- starwood points ($1=1 point) that you can use towards your honeymoon

- special rooms rates (ours is $99 for a standard room and $134 for a suite)

**Suggestions to future brides: come in with a list of things that you really want to have at your wedding and aspects that draw you to other venues and Brenda will try to accommodate what you want and will definitely include some freebies for you. I got a lot of fees and free things just by mentioning them and asking what they could do for me

Jbryant8130

Venue Name:  Chestnut Square
Location:  Historic Downtown McKinney
Capacity:  Chapel: 150; Garden: 100; Reception Area: 150
Outdoor ceremony option:  Yes (Garden, Pergola, Porches)
Price: Approximately $2,200 for bridal suite, ceremony and reception with security guard deposit (includes chairs, tables, linens for reception)
DIY:  All DIY but offers wedding coordinator services for fee
Exclusions: Requires their security officer if serving anything other than champagne toast, no liquor on the premises (beer/wine only)
Notes:  Non-smoking historical site, prices can be tailored based on needs for ceremony only, reception only, etc

Motherofthebride25

Venue Name:  Double D Ranch
Location:  Balch Springs/Mesquite Texas
Capacity:  500 max.
Outdoor ceremony option:  Yes
Price: Packages between 4000.-6000.
DIY:  You provide alcohol but they include bartender and security & DJ!
Exclusions: Outdoor Gazebo additional 350.00
Notes:  Includes facility, tables, white tablecloths, chairs, easel, DJ, choice of centerpieces, BBQ  catering for 100-200 guest, staff, security. Addition options for chair sashes, overlays, glassware and silverware. (otherwise plastic).  Nice stage area, plenty of room for dancing in the Mustang Corral. The lower cost smaller facility is also nice but not much room if your having a band.

TexanTreasure08

Venue Name:  Trinity River Audubon Center
Location:  South Dallas off of Loop 12
Capacity:  150 for seated dinner
Outdoor ceremony option:  Yes
Price: $2,000 for 4 hours Fri-Sun 4-12 (extra hours prorated) + $20/hour for porter
DIY:  Everything! They provide some 5' rectangle tables and modern plastic chairs and that's it.
Exclusions: None. They have recently set up a "Member Caterers" list though which lets you use the tables & chairs for free and get a discount with your catering.
Notes: Bamboo floors in Great Hall with tons of windows. Planting a butterfly garden outside. Big pond/lake in back.

haley05aggie

Northeast Wedding Chapel

Location:  Hurst/Bedford
Capacity:  200 (chapel and reception hall, though 200 in reception means no room for dance floor unless some tables are outside)
Outdoor ceremony option:  No
Price:  Including tax, deposit, security, bartender fee: $3900
DIY:  Price includes table/chair setup and choice in black/brown linens.  All other decor is DIY.  No restrictions on catering.
Exclusions: No liquor allowed
Notes:  I wouldn't recommend this venue because they host multiple weddings in one weekend, so my rehearsal has to be Friday at 2pm and we are not allowed into the reception hall to set up until 2 hrs before the reception begins.  Receptions can only be 3 hrs long.  If I had it to do over, I'd pick Rose Chapel and compromise on the date. 

bethlovesjim

Venue Name:  The Hall of State

Location:   Fair Park, Dallas

Capacity:  Great Hall, Hall of Heroes, and Front Lawn (most common rental package): 300 seated, 500 reception ($1,500 - $2,500 rental depending on time of year)

Ceremony: Additional 1 hour $500 rental fee

Outdoor ceremony option:  Yes

Price: $1,500 - $5,000, depending on the time of year, and how many rooms to be rented. For 4 hour event + 3 hours prior set up, & 1 hour post breakdown. 
Food & Beverage min. $25 per person
20% service charge

Cake: Must use Frosted Art Bakery, otherwise there is a $4 per person cake cutting fee

DIY: You can DIY everything except food & Bev, china and other dinnerware, and linens... rentals and recommended vendors for any other needs are provided at a cost, but you don't have to use them.

Exclusions: Must use in-house caterer, china and other dinnerware

Notes:  Includes gold chivari chairs, 60in round tables, plain lap length white linens, coordinator for venue and catering, and room for Men & Women to get ready separately.
Free parking, but Valet parking is offered at an additional cost

KellyWood

I finally spoke to someone at Sons of Hermann Hall!!!!

Venue Name: Sons of Hermann Hall
Location:  Deep Ellum
Capacity:  Unknown
Outdoor ceremony option:  No
Price: Ballroom Upstairs is $1,350, downstairs (bowling alley?) is $450
DIY:  Food, decorations, etc.
Exclusions: Must use Sons of Hermann for alcohol.  Kegs are their cost +$100, bottles of wine are $25 each. 
Notes: If memory serves, parking is not easy.