Stockyards Station Events

husband and I had to. First off, the venue is great aesthetically-it’s kind of a rustic-chic vibe. The venue gives you the tables and linens built into the price of the venue. They also have some table decorations. They go through a company for chairs that you have to rent. Wedding guests do get free parking, but just know the parking is for everyone coming to the Stockyards so there is no guarantee of a parking space. Unfortunately, that’s the only positives I have to say. The venue coordinator is Molly. While she was nice, she was doing too much. We could never get in contact with her-expect at least a 1-2 week turnaround for a response from her throughout the entire planning process. I was constantly having to reach out to her to remind her that I had sent her emails. It felt like we were pulling teeth to get information about the venue. I ALWAYS felt like an inconvenience contacting her. I also felt like a lot of important information was not disclosed-for example, we were told that we would not be able to get into the ceremony and reception room until 2 pm on the wedding day. When I told Molly I would have to look at different venues as that only allows for a 2-hour setup and that is backing directly up to the beginning of the ceremony, she said she could try to make an earlier time work, but it was like it was an odd request and really making her team jump through hoops. When we toured the venues we would ask questions such as “how is the room usually set up?” and she would respond with “however you would like”, I don’t know if she thought this was helpful to give us free rein to do with the room what we would like, but as someone who has never been married before, this was not helpful and very overwhelming. Moving onto the bartenders-what a rip-off! We had MANY guests say they could literally not taste a drop of alcohol in their drinks. I had friends drinking 20 drinks and were not even feeling tipsy and obviously the wedding venue charges by the drink so they made some great money. Just know if you have a drinking crowd, run from this venue or know that you will be spending thousands of dollars on pop. Another thing was that the staff would pick up a full drink and dispose of it. I cannot even count the number of times I heard someone say “where did my drink go, I just set it down”. Oh and don’t tip the bartenders, staff, or coordinator-the gratuity is included in the bill. Onto the bathrooms…We were promised private event bathrooms that only the wedding guests would use. Sadly, that was not true. We had put together baskets that our guests could use while in the bathroom (deodorant, Advil, perfume, etc.) and it was all STOLEN within 30 minutes. Maybe if the security guard that we had to pay for didn’t hang out at the bar the entire time looking at his phone, all would not have been stolen. I loved the idea of having a Stockyards wedding and thanks to all the other vendors we had, the day was still a success and the best day ever! Long story short-the venue is beautiful, but be prepared to reinvent the wheel with EVERYTHING and know you will have a horrible response time from the venue coordinator. Again, it sucks having to write this review, but I do not want another couple to have to experience this.

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