Hello!
I'm in desperate need of some help finding a large venue in New Jersey (or even southeast PA!). We've been looking for venues for our traditional South Asian wedding for a while and just can't seem to find anything that's not a "wedding factory" but can also accommodate 500 guests. Below are some details, I'm open hearing about any and all venues, traditional to unconventional, that have a large capacity!
- Guest Count: 400-500
- Dates: Hoping for Saturday in June 2015, but a Sunday is more realistic at this point
- Ceremony: Preferably outdoors, in a garden/grassy field with space for our guest to walk around and mingle during the ceremony (Indian weddings are 3 hours long so we want to give the guest something else to do during that time as well, like snacks, maybe a few games?)
- Cocktail hour: In or outdoors
- Reception: Preferably indoors, with a large dance floor
- Aesthetic: We really like the rustic theme, would love to get married on a farm with a barn reception, or at an estate to make the 500 person wedding feel more intimate (I know, its going to be tough..)
- Catering: We want to use outside catering to get authentic Indian food
- Budget: With as many people as we're going to have, we've been getting some flexibility on the per head costs at the venues we've seen. Keeping this open for now, and hoping we find something we love and can negotiate!
Sorry for the long post, just want to provide as much information as I can. We appreciate the help, thank you fellow knot-ers!!