event1013 — Attraction in Plano

I cannot say enough positive things about event1013. They SERIOUSLY and MASSIVELY saved our wedding. Melissa is absolutely an answered prayer and we can't be thankful enough for her.

Brief rundown: Our original wedding venue, The Generator in Garland, was paid in full and reserved in February 2016 for a June 12 wedding date. We wanted an industrial-vintage-coffee-ish theme wedding (us both being previous baristas and whatnot during college). We had walked past event1013 8-9 months ago, but never even considered it was in our price range for a venue, even though it was gorgeous inside. Well, when the new owner of the Generator, Nir, decided to cancel our event 5 days before the wedding, we freaked. The new owner wanted more money, wanted to charge more for the items we were going to have them bake, and then flip flopped on all kinds of other small details and would become angry and hostile when we asked "why", and then walked off fuming saying he wouldn't return our money nor have our ceremony unless we paid more. My (now) husband and I had no clue what to do, as we left The Generator, and went to a nearby lunch spot to recompose, eat, and pray. We took the rest of that Tuesday afternoon off, and contacted our moms and best friends to help us.

My bff made a jillion calls, and ONE of them was to event1013. While some venues offered a small discount, others laughed at our hope for having the wedding on the same evening, at the same time. One, did not. Melissa, at event1013, heard out my bff, then offered to have us come by whenever we could, to see the venue. She had a shower that Sunday morning that she was working, but offered to tear it down and set up for ours right after, so we could keep our original wedding time. She understood the issues with our funds tied up in another venue (which we will be suing now) and contacted the director, Deborah, to see what they could do. They helped us above and beyond, with absolutely everything to allow us to use event1013 for our wedding. We were basically a nomadic wedding, just looking for a place to "land" and event1013 was that place.

On the day of, we got there an hour before we were going to get in the venue for reveal photos. We took our photos outside, then it began to POUR down rain. Melissa invited us in to get our cakes and us in before the downpour. She was one of the sweetest, most helpful people ever that day. I was worried, ahead of time, that with all the changes, something would mess up. But our prayers were literally answered time and time again. God helped us get into event1013, a venue far grander and dreamier than our original one, and allowed us an opportunity to be blessed by her generous acts of service and compassion. We HIGHLY recommend event1013 and Melissa too. We also received our security deposit check back VERY quickly, within 2.5 weeks of our wedding, which was greatly...

Positive: Wedding was beautiful! Venue is very antique with original flooring and walls. They set the tables and got everything together for us. We were able to set everything the way we wanted. The guests thought everything was cozy and unique. Great place for a wedding.

Negative: Deborah, the wife, was rude to my mother-in-law. She didn’t want to interact and just accepted the payment. Ron was nice but when giving the tour of the facility he was saying a lot of stuff was included, but wasn’t. He failed to mention charges of each thing we wanted and made it sound like the price we paid was what it was. Of course any reasonable person understands that everything from the lightening to dishes is an extra charge. Completely understandable, but it’s misleading when you say everything is included. Probably should state that y’all have a packet with different add ons with prices listed. We asked multiple times, “it’s all included,” and he stated, “yes.” Should work on verbiage a little more so it’s not misleading to the next couple. He also stated to us that they would be offering us a room at the Aloft, on them. Then when the big day came this is what his wife stated to me in an email, “Hello Christopher. No, unfortunately not in your situation. We only pay for a room at Aloft when our client has a ceremony at event1013, not a reception only. The purpose of the room offering is to give the couple a place to get dressed, do hair and makeup before the ceremony since we do not have a bridal room on site. It is not needed if the client is getting married off-site.” When were we told that we had to have the ceremony at your venue? We mentioned multiple times to Ron that it was the reception and he said nothing! We DID get ready at the hotel before we went to the reception! Just because we aren’t “brides” but “grooms” we don’t take time to get ready?? Just because we don’t do our makeup doesn’t mean we don’t take time. That’s a little sexist of you to say. You should ask Debbie and her staff how we were busting our butts trying to get it perfect. Of course you wouldn’t know that if you actually interacted at your place of business more instead of only collecting payment and leaving.

In response to her response. She provided the details after the fact that Ron presented that everything was included.

They never told us, not once, we had to have the ceremony there in order to get a hotel room on them. She’s lying. Not in the contract or in email. We did get ready at the wedding and it took us 45 minutes to get ready. Still sexist. If we would of taken 3 hours to get ready then I guess that would of been more acceptable to her....

I cannot say enough good things about event1013. My nonprofit for adults with autism, Austen's Autistic Adventures, recently had our spring art show fundraiser at this space.

In a word, it was magical. The spacious front room is both elegant and comfortable, with gorgeous hardwood floors and soft lighting. Brick walls have evenly-spaced sconces for candles. The feel is simultaneously antique and modern, not an easy balance to achieve. Exterior windows are able to fan open, and we did so on our warm springtime-in-Texas evening. This allowed our guests to mill about outside, and for passers-by to see what was going on within (several people came in and bought some art!). A beautiful old credenza was provided to us to serve as our bar, and placed near one of the open windows.

The center of the space is divided by a large screen, behind which sits a small media room. We were able to show a video of our group in action at the beginning of our event, followed by a looping slideshow of still images. A microphone was provided for me to act as MC.

Behind the media room is a full-functioning kitchen, with warming ovens, refrigerator, ice machine, prep space, and sinks. We were able to prep all our appetizers and desserts without anyone seeing a bit of chaos.

Bathrooms are lovely and soft lighting is very flattering. There are soft hand towels; a nice touch.

Walking into the end of the space feels like you've entered a secret, romantic garden. To the left is floor-to-ceiling candle wall, with spaces for frosted pillars (which candles sit behind) . Look to your right and you will see another huge screen; you are able to feature two different media feeds or the same one both front and rear, as we did. The back wall is covered in ivy and will remind you of an English cottage.

Finally, I would be remiss in not thanking the incredible staff who helped us pull this off. They will sit down with you and make sure everything you need is ready to go on your big day. A staff member will help create chart to show precisely how you want your space arranged. There are many options available to you (some at additional charges) so that you don't have to lift a finger if you don't want to.

While our event was a fundraiser, I can't imagine a more perfect place for a wedding reception. But whatever you need or can think up, this is the...