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Reception
$6,000 starting price
Ceremony
$1,200 starting price
Bar service
$7 per person
Reception
$4,000 starting price
Ceremony
$1,200 starting price
Bar service
$7 per person

About

On WeddingWire since 2021

We are Prescott's premier wedding venue, caterer and bar service provider. We can accommodate your ceremony, reception dinner, dancing, and guest room block. We provide catering and banquet bar service. We also can host your rehearsal dinner or farewell brunch, as well as, offer a vintage bridal dressing room for the bride and her bridesmaids to get ready on the day of the wedding!

Located in Prescott, Arizona, The Event Center at Sam Hill Warehouse is a charming destination wedding venue. We're at the gateway to historic Whiskey Row and steps from the Courthouse Square and Sharlot Hall Museum.

The Event Center at Sam Hill Warehouse has over 4,800 sq ft and we're the perfect backdrop for your one-of-a-kind wedding. Our culinary team will prepare your delicious meal and our banquet team will serve you. Our bartenders are the mixology masters. You'll love our friendly southwest hospitality. Our team works with you (and your wedding planner if you desire) to make your special day enjoyable and memorable. It's our privilege to preserve this spectacular historic building that provides style and charm, as well as modern conveniences.

Our new Hilton Garden Inn Hotel can accommodate all your guest room needs.

HISTORY of SAM HILL WAREHOUSE

Built in 1903 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the Samuel Hill Hardware Co. Warehouse’s authenticity, brickwork, and massive timber construction serve as a reminder of the craftmanship of the tradesmen in turn-of-the-century Prescott. The building originally housed the needs of the hardware company established by Samuel Hill, a native of Yorkshire, England. With the top floor built at the height of a railroad box car door, workers could move heavy farming and mining machinery in and out of the warehouse. Sam Hill’s company ultimately became the largest supplier of hardware, mining, ranching, and household goods in the region and was the first store to supply Aeromotor Windmills, Baun and Peter Schulter wagons, Winchester arms, Colt revolvers, and Oldsmobile and Ford automobiles.

The Sam Hill Hardware Co. continued to operate until 1980, making it one of the oldest continuous family businesses in Prescott’s history with its motto “Everybody Swears by Sam Hill” and folklore still surrounding the origins of the phrase: “Where in the Sam Hill.” The Warehouse has been restored multiple times including in 2006 by Prescott College when it served the College’s studio arts department and in 2021 by Whiting Brothers Investment Co. as part of the restoration of the adjacent historic trestle bridge and construction of the Hilton Garden Inn.

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Frequently asked questions

Do you have a site fee for wedding receptions at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during peak season?

$6,000

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during off-peak season?

$4,000

Do you have a site fee for wedding ceremonies at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during peak season?

$1,200

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during off-peak season?

$1,200

Which of the following are included in starting site fee?

Bridal Suite
Chairs
China
Clean Up
Flatware
Glassware
Lighting/Sound
Linens
Parking
Set Up
Tables

Which of the following are included in the cost of wedding catering?

Server(s)

What is the starting price per person for bar service?

$7

Which of the following are included in the starting price for bar service?

Bartender(s)
Champagne Toast
House Beer
House Liquor
House Wine
Limited Bar
Open Bar
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink
Specialty Beer
Specialty Wine
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Reviews of The Event Center at Sam Hill Warehouse

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3.9 out of 5 rating
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    4 out of 5 rating
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    4 out of 5 rating
Weddingwire
3.9/5 2 reviews
Google
4.2/5 13 reviews
Ruby
Ruby R. Sent on 11/12/2023
5 out of 5 rating

A great venue with wonderful service

I took a tour of the warehouse and fell in love. The sales person had dozens of photos with different decorations and answered all my questions. She was on target with all her recommendations; including designating someone to be my point person for the morning of my wedding. That made things more relaxed for me and my wedding party. My family appreciated being able to stay at their hotel too. My grandmother needed to leave the party earlier than others and it was a quick walk across the bridge. I used the bridge for my wedding ceremony and we have the best pictures. The meal was good, the service was great, it was a happy day.
Ariel
Ariel S. Sent on 06/17/2024
2.8 out of 5 rating

Beautiful venue- Management Struggled

I want to start off by giving this an honest review. There is SOOO much about this venue that I love and our wedding was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! But also so much went wrong due to management.

Pros: The Venue! The bridge/cocktail area, and reception area is just absolutely breathtaking. I can’t say enough about how my photos turned out etc that it was just beautiful and amazing.
FOOD- food is phenomenal. The chef and kitchen staff should be recognized because we got soo many compliments on how good the food was.
Flexible- the venue did accommodate some last minute changes for me of adding a table and rearranging some of my table seating and final plans.
Responsive- Overall, the management team was responsive to emails leading up the day.

Cons:
Brides room - one desk one mirror, no natural light and dated furniture. It needs a remodel desperately it doesn’t match the elevation of the rest of the venue.
Food- our guests ran out of food and we had children/we had 8 no shows and still ran out of food for last two tables.
Wedding coordinator - told we would have one and then that was removed 30 days ahead of wedding.
Hotel room- hotel room is not included in price.
Bar/food/etc- if you do food through them you can’t bring in any outside vendor for food aside from cake. EVERYTHING IS CHANGED ON HEADCOUNT CONSUMPTION. There are no flat fees or paying for a certain amount. You pay your guest count and by consumption. It was very limiting but we did agree to this upfront so nothing that was a surprise to us and was in our contract. (Just not as advantageous as other venues menu/bar options).
Summary:
our contract/booking of this place started with a day of coordinator being included in the price. After we signed our contract and were a month away, we were told it would be 1200 more for that and because they told us they would have it the sales manager Kavita would assume that role and take care of it. The only thing I can say is if you hire this venue, you need to hire a day of coordinator. Do not rely on Kavita or the team being able to do it. Soooo much went wrong and was missed due to not having that. So biggest tip if you hire this vendor- is hire an outside wedding planner. Some things that were missed- execution of detail items, I bought cocktail toppers that were never placed out, I bought wedding coloring books and games that were never given to the kids, my advice wedding cards were never taken out of the price tag packaging, etc. little things that added up.
Cocktail hour- the purpose of this hour is to give the bride and groom time for photos. The team never cleared the bridge of all the chairs so we didn’t get a chance to get any additional photos on the bridge. During our hour, the sales manager interrupted our photographer to ask me and my husband questions four times. It was very frustrating to not have the time to get photos in.

Flowers- I had the most beautiful arch and flowers. The management requested for my family to help love the arch into the reception space from the bridge. Additionally, when the wedding was over the team threw every last flower away. My husbands and I went to pick up the arch at 7am the next morning and they had thrown it in the trash.

When the wedding ended the team again had my family help clean up in addition, my family kept calling me to ask me questions because the team didn’t know what to do with all the items. Again something a planner would have taken care of. I had everything I owned/everything mapped out in a detail book for the team of what needed to be boxed back up for personal items and what wasn’t. Overall, the last thing you want to hear after you leave your wedding is what to do with your stuff and get phone calls till 11 at night. It was super disappointing.

I can’t list everything that went right or wrong it was just super disappointing for me as a bride on what is the most important day and to have so many things go wrong. As brides you put a lot of time and effort into making the day everything you dreamed and to spend time and money on things you’ll never get back was really hard. If you hire a planner and don’t go with their day of coordination option, I think it will execute flawlessly and you’ll love it. Because again, aside from my last two tables running out of food, the food was amazing and the venue is beautiful. I believe the venue will update the contract after our experience, but this venue needs to reevaluate the management of events such as a wedding. They aren’t prepared for what it takes to execute on a wedding. I wish I could honestly work for them and help them with weddings and their marketing. I will say post wedding I had a discussion and in efforts to make things right the venue offered some money off our last payment and comped our hotel room. It doesn’t make up for how the day went, but it at least took away some of the sting of frustration.

Brides- beautiful venue, outline your contract ahead of time, and GET A WEDDING COORDINATOR OR PLANNER!
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