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Indoor/Outdoor Reception Venue in Des Monies or St Louis

jginther0424jginther0424 member
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I am looking for a venue with both an outdoor and indoor space in Des Moines or St Louis.  We have not decided what city we want, but the right venue may make that decision for us.  My fiance and I would like to have a somewhat non-traditional reception, instead of dancing and a DJ, we would like to have a small band, lawn games, and other activities for guests.  The outdoor space does not need to be large, but preferably with some grassy area for bocce ball.  We are planning for about 150 guests.  Any ideas??
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Re: Indoor/Outdoor Reception Venue in Des Monies or St Louis

  • EllenG27EllenG27
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    edited December 2011
    Raccoon River Nature Lodge in West Des Moines would be great! There is a large indoor room and it's set on a lake with lots of land around it.
    Another thought would be the Jester Park Lodge. I'm not totally sure about the grassy area around the lodge.

    Good luck!
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  • McsweetsMcsweets member
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    edited December 2011
    Seven Oaks in Boone would work really well for that as well.  There is large patio, a ton of grass area and they have a fire pit as well.
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  • dumdumfroggiedumdumfroggie
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    edited December 2011
    We are having ours at the Windsor Heights Community Center.  They have remodeled the whole park - it's really nice.

    http://www.windsorheights.org/communitycenter.html
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  • medusia00medusia00 member
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    edited December 2011
    what great ideas! I can't think of any more places, only thing with the Windsor Heights ones is it is an open to the public park, so anyone can come up too
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  • Chelle1015Chelle1015 member
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    edited December 2011
    Iowa Arboretum in Madrid - plenty of flat, grassy places with both indoor and outdoor reception area.  I love the idea of the yard games, very thoughtful for your guests!
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  • Zippy88kZippy88k member
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    edited December 2011
    La Vida Loca winery in Indianola, possibly the Missouri Botannical Gardens (not sure what their policy is on bands and bocce ball)
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  • amandasmotheramandasmother
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    edited December 2011
    Have you checked out Jester Park Lodge?

    http://www.jesterparklodge.com/Home.html
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