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Tying the Knot at USC


Guidelines for Weddings | Lunch | Dinner | Reception

Hours of Operation
11:00am - 4:00pm
6:00pm - 12:00am on some dates we can extend a closing time to 1:00am at $250.00 per half hour after midnight)

Ballroom Capacity
Seated Dinner with a dance floor and a band stage – (400)
Theater seating for a ceremony – (450)
Patio
Theater seating for a ceremony – (250)

Saturday Evening - Minimum Requirements
(Minimum of 150 guests required)

Cocktail Reception
Hosted bar package for the first hour
Minimum of four (4) hors d’oeuvres per person served at the cocktail reception
Dinner Service
Three course dinner (does not include the wedding cake)
Wine offered with dinner
Champagne toast
Hosted parking

Friday afternoon and evening, Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon and evening minimum is is (100) guests

Food and Beverage
With the exception of the Wedding cake, food and beverage may not be brought into our facilities.
We do not charge a cake-cutting fee.

Included in ballroom space
Dance floor
China, glass, silver, white floor length cloths, overlays and napkins (colored linens may be rented)
Steinway Baby Grand Piano
There are options to rent different chairs, china, linen and silver
A sound system with a microphone for speeches is provided (not intended for musicians)

Ceremony’s at USC
Outdoors at Town and Gown Patio or Inside the Ballroom or Foyer
$1,500 charge for the space – includes the chairs from the ballroom (white garden chairs or Chiavari chairs may be rented)
Sound system and microphone for the ceremony $295.00

United University Church – On Campus – (213) 748-0209

Garden Ceremony in Campus Gardens – Price varies on location
In addition to the location charge, chair and sound system charges will apply

Ceremony Coordination
For complete or day of coordination of ceremonies

Shannon Berg
(626) 391-7176
shannonleeberg@hotmail.com

Jonathan Kim
(562) 644-9984
jonathan@whiteaugust.com

Cindy Lee
(562) 833-0682
cindy@whiteaugust.com

Deposits and Payments
$5,000.00 deposit is required to secure the location
Final payment is due five business days prior to the date of the wedding

Vendors
You are responsible for your own florist, musicians, photographer and Wedding cake.
We do have a list of musicians from USC School of Music that can be contacted
Please notify your vendors that we contract our space twice daily, set up time is one hour prior to the event.

Audio Visual
$275.00 for the rental of an LCD Projector and Screen for videos on a Compact Disc

Children
Well-behaved children are always welcome in our ballroom
Prices for children are the same as the adults for the reception as well as the dinner.
There is no charge for beverages offered with the toast and dinner.
We do not provide high chairs or booster seats.
Licensed Nanny’s can be arranged for an additional fee

Printed Menu Cards
$2.50 each

Parking
Parking is $7.00 per vehicle
$140.00 Staff fee to open and staff gate for parking
Valet parking may be arranged with additional parking charge per vehicle.

Driving Directions
We provide driving directions that can be e-mailed to your guests.


TrojanHospitality Services
Mark Aliano, Catering Manager
University of Southern California
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90089-0871
Phone: (213) 740-1479
Fax: (213) 740-9366
http://hospitality.usc.edu/catering
aliano@usc.edu