Talk about your unusual venues
I know planners are always looking for interesting venues for off-site events, like museums and mansions. But car dealerships?
Hey, why not? Especially if they’re dealerships like the Herb Chambers Lexus dealership I read about in the Boston Globe this morning. I’ve never heard of such a thing: marble and cherry wood bathrooms with plasma tvs, a lounge with a fireplace, an espresso bar, a playroom for the kids, and a business center complete with eight computers. From the Globe:
- The Lexus dealership, with its huge portico - fountain to come - has been likened to a Vegas casino, a luxury hotel, or even an art museum with its lofty space and natural light. All the furniture came from the Boston Design Center.
In fact, New England Cable News is hosting its “TV Diner” Platinum Plate Gala not at a tony restaurant or hotel but at the dealership. Next Saturday, 20 celebrity chefs will bring signature dishes to the Lexus showroom in a $100-a-head benefit for Community Servings. There will be live music, an auction hosted by “TV Diner” ’s Billy Costa and comedian Lenny Clarke, and lots of bold-faced names among the 1,000 guests.
“Herb Chambers opened the platinum plate of dealerships,” says Costa, who awards “platinum plate” honors to the best restaurants reviewed on his show. “It’s an over-the-top place. When I went there, I said, ‘Wow!’ It just seemed like the perfect place.”
I wonder if they had to go check with the manager before settling on the final fee?
And, by the way, if you aren’t familiar with UniqueVenues.com, check it out. I don’t know if they list car dealerships, but they do have info on pretty much every other type of non-hotel venue you can think of.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Several weeks back I attended an opening/cocktail party at an auto dealership here in NYC that featured actress Marcia Gay Harden as their special guest/host. It was great. Initially I thought it was somewhat odd to have an event at a dealership. But why not - it was a great space. Plus you got a chance to check out the new 2008 models - which I’m sure the dealership had an mind when this was planned. In New York, almost everywhere is an event space - why not a car dealership.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Hey if you think a car dealership is unusual you should check out our venue. Coco Rio is an off site dinner venue here in the foothills of the El Yunque Rainforest national Park in Puerto Rico. its the only Rainforest national park in the US Parks system. Dinner guests walk the 3 minute tiki torch lit trail through the jungle past the waterfall to get to the cocktail reception area. On the way they encounter the tree stilt walkers while being surrounded by the sounds of the native coqui frogs. Guests have candlelit dinner under a covered pavillion while looking out onto the up lit plants and trees of the forest. One nearby tree looks like something out of Lord of the Rings and is up lit to enhance its amazing features. I challeneg anyone to come up with a more unique venue than ours!
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