Great question! We require all weddings to provide us a COI through Event Helper for $1MM to cover and accidental damage by the client or their guests, this also covers liquor liability for the client. This costs them around $150 for a 24 policy, and we set expectations of this requirement during the tour. As far as business insurance, we carry GL, Property, Work Comp, & Liquor Liability. This costs us about $40-50K a year, but some of this is dependent on liquor sales, payroll hours, etc. Event Venues have been getting SLAMMED by insurance spikes over the last few years, but there isn't much we can do about it, it's just the cost of being in this business!

We are fully ADA compliant. The only room in our space upstairs is the brides lounge but in the event we had a disabled bride we have a main floor lounge she could use and the grooms could use the upstairs in that case. Our new space has an elevator to get between levels

This is our second new space! We opened in March 2024.

@@thehaveneventspace that’s amazing, you guys are doing great!

Good question! I haven't planned anything, but we have SO many updates to share, so I should probably get on that!! 😅 thanks for watching! Let us know what you wanna hear about in the next episode!!!

Hey Orrin - you can email Blake's assistant, Desi, to get set up with him! [email protected]

@@thehaveneventspace will do thanks for the reply!!!

No! Just a vision board. I ended up using the renderings from the architect in the business plan. So it was several months later that was created.

Mine was about 30K for the total project.

Hey Derek! Our project was right around 2.8MM all in including land, construction, and FF&E. The building itself was $2.1MM

thanks for replying ..im considering this for may local area and wanted to get a idea.. looking at the land today! @@thehaveneventspace

This is always going to be an potential concern since most of our clients are booking 12-18-24 months out. Our clients have never had any issues with us in the last couple years since we are always making it nicer. We aren't making any dramatic changes like painting different colors, changing lighting fixtures or floors, etc. We always do little details which are a nice addition in their minds! In the event that we were to make a large change, I would probably just send out an email proactively before we started the project, and always be willing to allow clients out of contracts with full refunds should they be unhappy. That would be the right thing to do :)

Finkle Williams Architecture in Lenexa, KS! I worked with Kimball Hales!

@@thehaveneventspace would it be possible to see the sketch of blue print, I would love to know the sizes of rooms etc. We can't build this large, but it would be nice to see the layout

@@paulaholt7216 email us :) [email protected]

It is. We dug it!