The Racquet Club of Philadelphia is a convenient wedding venue for a reception because of its Center City location. An overnight suite is available for the bride and groom and there are several other rooms available so that you can arrange for accommodations for some of your guests as well.
Just around the corner from several restaurants and bars, many wedding parties choose to have afterparties at local hot spots, but on occasion the afterparty can be planned to occur right in the Club itself. Black Sheep and Fado are just a couple of the places people like to go to for an afterparty.
No doubt that air conditioning is a benefit available at this venue, but on a hot summer day, it's hard to keep out the heat with the large double doors at both the front and back entrances of the building. That's one of the worst complaints that we get in the summers when working at the Racquet Club. Here's what happens: when guests begin to enter, it is cool. Once 200 people dressed in their finest begin to drink cocktails, sample hors d'oeuvres, and dance to the music, it just is no longer cool. Sorry. Also, if your guests go in and out frequently to smoke out on the stoop, they take the air out with them.
However, the Club is beautiful, elegant, and conveniently located, especially if the ceremony is at a nearby church in the Rittenhouse area. This is as close to a country club as you can get in downtown Philadelphia. If you plan on chartering a bus, trolley or carriage to transport your guests, make sure you have any contact info you may need for the drivers and make sure there's an appropriate place for the vehicle to stop. 16th Street can be busy sometimes, and local Philadelphians who aren't celebrating your marriage don't want to wait for your partybus to load up.
Have you been to an event at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia? Have you been to wedding afterparties in Philadelphia?
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