Prince George Civic Centre

Some weddings simply need room for everyone.

Prince George Civic Centre gives couples exactly that, with soaring event spaces that can carry a celebration from a smaller reception all the way to a banquet of hundreds.

The largest weddings can welcome as many as 800 guests.

That means no impossible choice between branches of the family.

No desperately trimming the guest list.

No wondering where everyone will fit once dinner tables, a stage and a dance floor enter the equation.

The auditoriums bring nearly nine-metre ceilings and warm maple hardwood floors to the celebration, while the surrounding pre-function spaces are lined with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Canada Games Plaza.

Three auditorium spaces can even combine into one enormous room.

But large does not have to mean impersonal.

The Centre can divide into different configurations, allowing couples to choose a space that actually fits the wedding they are planning.

Tables and chairs, linens, a head-table riser, podium and microphone can all form part of the reception setup, while a bridal room may be available for those final preparations before joining the celebration.

Then comes the transformation.

An enormous empty room becomes hundreds of place settings.

Flowers soften the tables.

Family arrives from across northern British Columbia and beyond.

The room fills first with conversation, then speeches, then music.

And by the time the dance floor is full, the size of the building stops being what anyone notices.

All that matters is that somehow, in one room in Prince George, the couple managed to gather almost everyone who matters.