Nice location. Parking is an absolute nightmare on Friday and Saturday nights. Parking in their lot (if it is not already full, which it usually is) costs about $16 for the reception time. Please provide vouchers for your guests or work something out. The garage is often full up to the very top level. Anyway, we arrived there to find that the ballroom wasn’t set up just an hour before the reception (during the cocktail hour). They had another meeting in there during the day. The cocktail hour was upstairs and the room was not very attractive. They scrambled though and got everything set up minutes before letting people in to the ballroom. It ended up coming together beautifully. I would make sure there is enough time between the event ahead of yours and yours though.
I wanted to respond to the comment published below. I clicked "publish" on the comment, because I want people to have both sides of the story. However, I have been to three wedding receptions in Station Square in the last four years. One, we arrived to find that the bride and groom's little coupons they gave us for parking could not be redeemed. We went to drive past the Sheraton into the lot, not garage, and the parking attendant had it blocked off and said "it's full." So the bride and groom's little tag was useless (we tried to show it). Now, there were three or four events occurring in Station Square that night (in fact, I recall it being shortly before Halloween, as a lot of people were out and about in costume). We definitely were parked on the top level of the garage and the elevator is painfully slow. Also, I still have my receipt from the Sheraton lot (not the garage) that was $16.00. I paid inside the building at the side door. It definitely cost me that much, and it was reimbursed by my employer. I just wanted to give everyone something to think about when you plan a wedding in an area with limited parking. I'm sure the Sheraton does try to maintain spaces for guests, but it may not always be possible and I have found it is not always enforced.
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Posted by: n/a n/a | February 12, 2008 at 05:29 PM
The comment about the cost of parking is totally incorrect. The cost of parking in the garage is $9.00 for 5-9Hrs. $16 is for 24hrs and most receptions only last 4-5 hrs. There are other lots at Station Square that are $6.00 flat rate for 24hrs. The garage doesn't fill until 9 when the bar crowd shows up. We hold space back for the weddings as well as overnight guests do to arrive.
Thanks.
Posted by: Ryan Merriman | January 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM