Just to let you know there is a war that is going on in the reception venue business that is being perpetuated by Jon Berkowitz at Club 1000. He is out bragging that he is getting event spaces shut down.
He has bragged that he got the Stowe Building shut down as well as the Arts Incubator. Notice on the Fox 4 problem solvers story that Club 1000 and Berkowitz were featured prominently in the follow up as "helping brides" when in actuality he was helping himself. Berkowitz is known in the business for being difficult and for overcharging his clients, mysterious charges to their deposits. Many vendors refuse to work with him, to verify simply search these forums and the evidence will be there. It is notable that Club 1000 was able to take in the displaced brides because his reputation has caused his business to dip dramatically these past couple of years. He has a lot of money and was simply able to buy his way through the media and KCMO officials even though his own building isn't up to code and the city knows it.
Just a warning that there are other spaces as well in the downtown core who are not up to code and are just a matter of time before they too suffer the same fate:
Ron Berg Studio, uses a freight elevator to move passengers and is not rated for assembly occupancies, the fire marshall is actively investigating and doesn't possess the proper liquor license
Club 1000, does not have adequate elevator capacity among other issues as well as not being rated for assembly occupancies in all of its spaces
River Market Event Space, does not meet code due to number of restrooms and is not sprinklered and is not rated for assembly occupancies.
These are just a few of the issues as they relate to KCMO codes, there are other spaces that most likely have the same issues