Performance Venues - Conference and Event Planning

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Guide to Venue Selection
Performance Venues
(Rieth Recital Hall, Sauder Concert Hall, Umble Center)

For a small campus we have many great venues from which to choose for events. The Music Center is new and is fun to use. The Umble Center is wonderful for a larger but more intimate audience. However, it is important that we continue to exhibit responsible decision making as it relates to venue selection.

Internally, as we select performance venues for events, we need to consider these factors:

Setup costs -- Would it be as appropriate to hold your event in AD28 or Umble Center where the seats are stationary, rather than in Rieth, for example, where chairs need to be set up.
Audiovisual costs --The Rieth Recital Hall and the Sauder Concert Hall are not equipped with all the projection and audiovisual equipment you might find in other similar spaces o n campus. It is not equipped with the projection screen that we're accustomed to in the Umble Center Auditorium . Although some equipment can be brought it, it is not readily available and will require additional labor and rental expense to get things set up.
Production crew -- Because performance venues have eme rgency procedure requirements and have expensive equipment (like acoustical curtains, etc. ) , it is important that someone trained in the use of the space b e present during the use of the hall . Therefore, you will want to consider these additional costs when planning for use of these spaces. These additional costs are generally not needed in AD28 or NC19.
Alternate venue -- Where has this event been held in the past? Is there a reason that a new venue is being considered? Often many of our prior venues have been set up with equipment and items to support the events that have historically been held in that space. When we begin to request additional spaces for those events, we need to make an institutional decision: Do we need multiple spaces ready to support these events, or can the prior spaces continue to be considered and used?

We want to encourage the use of the Music Center venues and Umble Center when applicable, but in order to respect schedules of both the building and our service providers, it is important to encourage event planners to ask these important questions.

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