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Non-beach Venue in Tampa Bay area

brittanymjohnsonbrittanymjohnson
in Florida-West Coast
Hi,

I'm getting married next summer. Originally I had planned to have everything up in Pensacola where my family is from, but just this week my fiance and I decided to have it here in Tampa Bay (where we live now). Sooo I'm starting completely over with planning. We're going to have lots of out of town guests, and I want to make it both comfortable and fun for them to come, so I'd like it close to the water or beach, but I don't want to have it ON the beach (I really hate sand...). Anyone know of any venues that you can have both wedding and reception? We'll be having around 150 guests and we'd like to keep the entire wedding under $10,000.

Thanks!


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Re: Non-beach Venue in Tampa Bay area

  • nikkig1284nikkig1284
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    The St. Pete and Clearwater Rec Center are on the water but not the sand if you want outdoors. Also try cross creek ranch. They are very affordable or Rusty Pelican.

    GL!
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  • ktwishktwish member
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    edited December 2011

    Also check Tampa Bay Watch. They have a lawn on the water if that is more your taste. http://tampabaywatch.org/
    You can bring in your own caterer and provide your own bar, which can really help with costs! We almost went with them, everyone there is wonderful.

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  • michelle7102michelle7102 member
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    From Pensacola and living in Tampa too!  When the BP Oil Spill occured I looked into the following non-beach venues: Davis Island Garden Club, Tampa Garden Club, University of Tampa, Sunken Gardens (St. Pete), Lakewood Ranch Country Club (Sarasota), The Florida Aquarium.  The possibilities are endless. 
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  • khornackkhornack
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    The two places that came to my mind are Cross Creek Ranch (in Dover, near Brandon) or Sunken Gardens in St. Pete.
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  • fallen4ever84fallen4ever84
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    Check out the Davis Island Garden Club! It's right by downtown Tampa and the outside gazebo/garden area is on the water. I got married there and haves some pictures in my planning bio. All of our out of town guests stayed nearby at the Embassy Suites in Downtown Tamap and they really liked the area.
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  • Bre2BeBre2Be
    500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    Mirror Lake Lyceum in downtown St. Pete!  It's beautiful!
    Contact Brian for a tour.  He really knows his stuff!
    www.mirrorlakelyceum.com
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