Par-A-Dice Hote
Beautiful hotel attached to the riverboat casino. Easy to get to and close to the downtown area.
21 Blackjack Blvd
East Peoria, IL 61611
Sept 12 - Available
Sept 19 - Not available
Layout & Pricing
Photos labeled above. You can see the partitions between the rooms. The Plaza room has many pillars (the black squares) so not ideal for our purposes.
If we use Ballrooms C, D, and E, the stage is usually on the side as drawn in. Our dinner buffet would be set up in the middle of the "small prefunction area". We would be strongly encouraged to use Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 for our workshops during the day because they would be prepping the big ballroom for us. We could do a breakout in the big ballroom in the afternoon if we didn't mind them setting up during that time.
We would also then use Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 for our dressing room for the event.
There is no room charge, rather a Food & Beverage minimum. For C, D, and E, it is $3,500 (plus tax & service, totaling 34%) and we could add Mtg Rm 1 & 2 for a total of $400 (plus tax and service), so a total of $5,226. Cash bar does count towards our F&B min.
Stage is available to use with pipe and drape and canned up-lighting. The sound system that is piped through the room is what we could hook into for our music.
Other Charges:
Hand held microphone $80 or lavaliere $80
Exhibit Tables: $35 each (I have 2 I could bring if needed)
Pricing Estimates/Ideas
Lunch:
Deli bar (sandwiches, side, salad, cookie) - min of 50 guests at $26 each (min $1,300)
We could allow pre-order of limited selection of sandwiches or salads at $17-$23 each, and I don't think it's a minimum
Estimate 20 people ordering lunches and charge them $15 each, to recoup $300
Dinner:
Recommend Onyx Buffet with 2 entrees, 1 carving station, 1 vegetable, 1 starch, salad, rolls, 1 dessert)
Cost of $37 per person, min of 50 guests (min $1,850, or if it's less than $50 they charge a $120 fee. Unknown if that counts towards F&B min)
Charge $25 for meal ticket
At 20 people ordering, recoup $500, at 25 ordering, recoup $625
Bar:
Cash bar does count towards the minimum F&B
Mixed drinks $7 or $8
Beer $5 or $6
Wine $7
Soda $3
At 25 of each, recoup roughly $550-$600
Total F&B Recoup, conservatively, $1,500
Workshop Sales:
Last year: 27 Full Day at $120, and 3 Single Workshop at $70 (total $3,450)
Estimate 30 Full Day and 5 Single (same pricing model) - $3,950
Total F&B recoup plus workshop income: $5,450 against Par-A-Dice est cost of $5,226
Pros & Cons
Pros:
-Ample space
-Most beautiful of the venues
-Food options on site
-Convenience of venue & hotel
Cons:
-Cost
-Likely cannot set up vending early