You are going to love it! We booked Aria back when it was just metal beams and a vision. Wedding: September 2013 - Aria Wedding & Banquet Facility.This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by amwedding15. So for the same price… why would anyone go with “blah”? Also, if you look up at the ceilings, instead of having those ugly “basement ceiling” tiles that most places have, Aria has the most stunning tray ceilings with built in uplighting. To some people, they love having the “grand entrance” of a staircase and Aria’s are amazingly better, HANDS DOWN. ![]() Comparing the two staircases ALONE is reason enough to go with Aria. It says “banquet hall” to me, not “wow, beautiful” like Aria did when I first walked in. Take advantage of this place while it’s still relatively new (just turned a year old this month!) It is absolutely THE up-and-coming wedding venue of CT and for many many reasons, and the pricing won’t stay this way.Įdit: I would also like to mention that Cascade is (correct me if I’m wrong) owned by the same people as Aria, so pricing, as of right now, is now reflective of each other. ![]() Most higher end places in CT will have a 150 person minimum for the peak season (May-October), but Aria is a 75 person minimum, which I’m sure will change in the coming years. The problem my fiance and I were running into was that we wanted a relatively small wedding (75-100), but not lack in elegance and quality. To be honest, what you get for that place, the current price (135$ per person on a peak season Saturday, taxes and gratutity included, open bar) is an absolute STEAL. I know they’re definitely booking into 2016, and Joe, the owner, already said that Aria WILL be raising their pricing for the next wedding season (probably 2016 and beyond). I’m having my wedding there and I took the very last Saturday of the 2015 wedding season. I’m a little late to the game, I just signed up, but I’m not sure if you’re still planning on going with Aria, I recommend you do now! This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by LittleBird33. Had to park across the street and take the shuttle because there were so many people. If you want to see how much interest in this place, should have gone to their wedding expo this past February. Once you tour it, you probably will want to have your wedding there. Some brides were kind of put off by this, but really it’s just a result of them being so popular. I have heard from a few people that one thing Aria is doing is giving you tours and then when you sit down and look at dates, they push Day options, Friday and Thursday options (since they have very few Saturday nights open). I believe they said they are doing 2016 dates and even a few 2017 dates now, so if you have any desire to get married in 2015, you really need to get over there soon. ![]() 2014 summer (day and night, fri/sat) was booked 100% by November 2013. I booked my wedding at Aria a few months ago and 2015 summer Saturday nights were almost to the point of full (there are only 15 or so weeks in the summer – so not much to choose from). It is THE PLACE to have your wedding the next couple of years because it’s so new and it really is pretty amazing inside and the food is probably the best in CT (everyone knows the food – just say it’s the old Ponte Club food). The main problem with Aria is everyone wants their wedding there. Thursday nights are like $90 pp? I did the whole Connecticut wedding venue tour when I was looking to book and I would say prices at Aria were generally in-line with places like Candlewood Inn, etc, even though I think Aria is much much nicer inside than Candlewood. The price is lower for Friday nights and Sunday days – I want to say around $110 or so. They have doezens of additional items such as Ventian Table, different stations, and that is anywhere from $6-$12 pp. ![]() Doesn’t include centerpieces, chair covers. This does include everything (open bar, cocktail hour, cake, etc.). For a Saturday night summer wedding, you are looking around $135 pp including tax and service. The big ballroom has the better view, althought the small ballroom does indeed have nice landscaping. Any more people and you need to use the bigger ballroom. I believe the small one has a range of 75-200 people. There are two ball rooms – big and small one. I’m getting married there so let me give you some general information since when I was in your shoes I didn’t find any info online.
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