I love my reception venue. It's an antique-style bar and it's just gorgeous, but the setup is not your traditional ballroom setting. It kind of wraps around the bar, leaving one side to have seating and the dance floor, and the other side has just more seating. I have been assured that you will be able to hear the music and microphone from every spot in the venue, but I am worried about guests wanting to visually see everything. The people who sit in the very back area will not be able to see everything that happens at the front area with the dance floor and wedding party table. For this reason, I wanted to do open seating with reserved tables just for family, that way people who wanted to be in the quieter area could choose to sit there.
But my mom thinks we need to have a seating chart (which I totally understand the pros for). So I'm kind of stuck with how to choose who sits at the back, and how to arrange the schedule so that all of the speeches and important things happen all at the same time. Because I feel like some people would have to keep getting up?
TLDR: my venue space will block the view for some people, do I do open seating or assigned seating. If assigned, how do I choose who sits in the quieter area that has less visibilty of the main area?
