Question:
Dear Rev. Coleman, I am in desperate need of your help! My fiance and I are planning our wedding for September of this year and STILL have been unable to find a location for the ceremony.
We want to get married in the St. Cloud, MN area (as we already have our reception hall booked there) and have been unsuccessfully searching for an outdoor venue for the ceremony. We are estimating about 200 guests so places like Munsinger Gardens are not options as they can only accomidate small groups. I’m starting to get very worried about finding something and came across your website with great Twin Cities wedding locations. I’m wondering if you have any suggestions for the St. Cloud, MN area? I look forward to hearing back from you!
St Cloud Bride
Good afternoon, SCB,
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
Wow, those requirements are pretty tough:
- St Cloud, MN location
- Outdoors
- Wedding ceremony only
- 200 guests
Have you thought about having your wedding ceremony at the reception site? That can work surprisingly well.
But – if you have your heart set on an outdoor location, and it has to be in the St Cloud area, and has to accommodate 200 guests, that’s a tough one. One possibility is to get a wedding permit for Riverside Park in St Cloud (pictured above), and then rent chairs (and perhaps chair covers, maybe even a tent) from General Rental Center of St Cloud.
I hope this helps!
Warm regards,
Rev. Tomkin Coleman
MN Wedding Ceremonies
Rev. Coleman –
Thank you for your quick response! I gathered that this was a difficult thing to find since I feel like I’ve hit a dead end with it.
I am also willing to look at ceremony sites that are indoors if there are any as options. Originally we wanted an outdoor wedding mainly because my fiancé was not brought up with a religious background and although he has found his own spiritual relationship, he feels uncomfortable in churches.
The reception site we chose is the 400 Club on Pleasant Lake. They do have patio we could use for the ceremony but I fear the space would be pretty cramped with 200 people. If you have any suggestions for indoor facilities in the area, I would be more than happy to look into those as well.
Kind regards,
St Cloud Bride
Good afternoon, SCB,
I’m sorry I don’t know of any indoor ceremony sites in St Cloud, other than ceremony/reception sites (since a church isn’t an option).
Hmm…the patio at the 400 Club would be tight, wouldn’t it? I’m trying to think of an option that might work there…perhaps with you, your groom, and your attendants up on the deck stairs/platform (you two on the top, with your attendants fanning down on the sides of the stairs), and the guests on the deck and on the lawn?
It might be worth talking to the coordinator at the 400 Club, or walking down there again and taking a look at it, seeing what the options might be. It can be so nice to have the ceremony and reception in the same place…
I hope this helps!
Warm regards,
Rev. Tomkin Coleman
Minnesota Weddings with Rev. Coleman