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| - Pros
- Ambiance - Prettiest venue in downtown Pittsburgh
- Space - you can fit a ton of people in the space!
- Rania's Catering (required vendor and provided great service)
Cons
- Sound - Due to the vaulted ceilings, we were never able to get good sound on the mics. There was an echo and most people could not understand anyone talking (MC's, Speeches, etc). Super disappointing not to hear your father or father in law's speech. :(
- Management - The venue attracts well to do clientele, but the service does not match the price tag with high quality and accommodating management service. They are more like mean museum curators in the planning process. :) Hotels are far superior in management service.
- Common Space is NOT Exclusive, Building Residents are Allowed to Join (and sometimes harass) -
During dinner, my fiance, I, and the photographer went to the rotunda to take pictures. A resident came downstairs and started doing Tai Chi in the middle of my party. A 70 y/o man brought out a lawnchair and watched her. We held our tongue and ignored them, but the man shouted at us "of all the places in Pittsburgh why do they have to take pictures on our property, and in our way?" . I told them we had rented the entire venue and it was actually private property, and they told Me to shut up. Me, the bride!
Im not saying it was a situation of racism, but I wonder if they would have been as ugly, if I was a white bride in a white wedding dress. Instead of a foreign bride, in a red sari.
My father in law tried to pacify the situation and told everyone to just calm down. Then the old man stepped up to my new father in law in a aggressive way as if to make him flinch. I told them, "I am the bride, why are you trying to ruin my wedding day?"..response "shut up B***, and go inside." They were joined by another older couple that also chimed in with aggressive and angry language about how they lived there and I was on their private property as we cut our session short and walked back inside. I didn't know I had to hire security to protect myself from the Pennsylvanian residents. When they started behaving physically aggressive, my coordinator called the police. The angry senior citizens also told the police that my photographer (who never even spoke) instigated the situation. Afterwards, PA management did not take a side in the situation, and even suggested we were responsible for the situation occurring.
-$$$$ Everything must be brought in from the outside. Tables, chairs, kitchen supplies, silverware
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