38 Hotel Ballroom Wedding Ideas

Ballrooms are adaptable venues that may be utilized for almost any type of event. They can be set up and decorated in your preferred style as a wedding location. Additionally, they can accommodate weddings of nearly any size. Think of them as a starting point for realizing your wedding's vision. This article discusses hotel ballroom wedding ideas for throwing your ideal party, including suggestions for décor, food and drink, entertainment, and more.

Explore 38 of our favorite hotel ballroom wedding ideas:

Ideas for venues

These distinctive, reservable ballrooms with striking architecture, elaborate ceilings, and opulent ambiance challenge the conventional venue.

1. Union Station Hotel

A refurbished 100-year-old train station serves as the setting, wonderfully capturing the romance of a bygone period. Warm timber ceilings and stone walls encircle the venue, which is well-lit by soaring arches. The hotel exudes grandeur, starting with the foyer, featuring crystal chandeliers and a historic stained-glass vaulted ceiling.

2. The US Grant

The historic US Grant, located in the heart of San Diego, has four distinctively decorated and designed ballrooms. Each creates an atmosphere that makes you feel like you've entered a Hollywood set. The Bivouac Ballroom, with its lofty vaulted ceilings and glitzy atmosphere, was formerly a speakeasy during the Prohibition era. The Crystal Ballroom's hand-painted ceiling, glistening chandeliers, fireplace, and ornate columns create a European ambiance.

3. The Read House

Select a location like The Read House for an elegant and opulent wedding. To exchange vows, choose the Green Room, with its unique seafoam green color and gold highlights, or the Silver Ballroom, with its elaborate mirrors and silver filigree.

4. Hotel Galvez & Spa

The Hotel Galvez & Spa's historic design makes hosting a modern or vintage wedding simple. The Terrace Ballroom, which features tall columns, ceilings, and warm yellow walls, is an excellent venue for your wedding. Next to it is the arced Veranda, which has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Gulf.

5. Hotel Du Pont

The Hotel Du Pont blends its cosmopolitan contemporary with its rich historic heritage. With its white pillars and imported European chandeliers, the 12-story Italian Renaissance edifice offers a modern elegance for your wedding backdrop. Select The du Barry Room, which features a Yugoslavian chandelier as the focal point, or The Gold Ballroom, which has a neoclassic design and an elaborate ceiling for a French vibe.

6. The Westin St. Francis

Whatever your wedding vision is, the Westin St. Francis offers ballrooms and event spaces to fit it. Some of the nicest views of the city may be seen from Mission Bay's floor-to-ceiling windows. The St. Francis Suite features an elaborate and striking ceiling, a fireplace, and carved wooden walls for a more historic feel. The Colonial Ballroom's white columns, golden accents, and painted mural of palace gates evoke bygone periods.

7. The St. Regis New York

Look to the St. Regis for a lavish and opulent wedding. The legendary hotel offers the ideal setting for a personalized and remarkable encounter. A rooftop ballroom features a cloud-painted ceiling, gilded chandeliers, and breathtaking views. The entire space has a timeless, romantic charm infused with contemporary glitz, making it ideal for your ideal ballroom wedding.

8. W San Francisco

The sleek, contemporary, and stylish W San Francisco can host an urban ballroom wedding. The hotel's geometric designs, vibrant lights, and roomy ballrooms with expansive city views reflect the vibrant and contemporary city in which it is located.

Hotel ballroom wedding ideas for décor

9. Add lights, flowers, or fabric if the ballroom doesn't already have an elaborate ceiling.

10. To add depth, texture, and a whimsical touch, suspend a variety of vibrant paper lanterns from the ceiling at different heights.

11. cover the roof and walls with cloth to create a spacious, sophisticated, tent-like ambiance, adding visual appeal to a plain ballroom.

12. To complement the colors and theme of your wedding, use colored spotlights to display the color you want on the walls.

13. Use these dangling crystal columns to make your imitation columns.

14. Hang flower and plant arrangements from the walls or ceiling or arrange them as centerpieces around the space.

15. Select table runners or linens with patterns that go well with the colors of your wedding.

16. Tie your wedding dinnerware into the motif using striking hues like black, gold, red, or jewel tones.

17. If the ballroom floor isn't to your taste, add some patterned area rugs that complement your chosen décor. They can be used as the ceremony's aisle runner or as decoration.

18. Place ornamental lamps along the ceremony's aisle.

19. Add flower arrangements on tall pedestals to create an aisleway for your dramatic entry.

20. Build a flower wall that will serve as both the backdrop for the ceremony and the backdrop for a photo booth for the reception.

21. As the ceremony's backdrop, hang big, simple wreaths with a few flowers.

22. Use the additional ceiling height by placing tall floral arrangements on tables or across the ballroom.

Hotel ballroom wedding ideas for the reception

23. Hire a musician to serenade your visitors; some ballrooms already have a grand piano.

24. Set up a mini-stage or carve out a dance floor, then hire a live band. Whether it's a string quartet, jazz band, or wedding band, your guests will enjoy the live performance.

25. Add a do-it-yourself touch to your food and drink by setting up a grazing table with various snacks or street food or creating your own cocktail bar.

26. Set up a table with a chocolate fountain and various dippable, such as cakes, strawberries, or other desserts.

27. Set up a homemade prosecco table so visitors can blend their bubbly with fruit or other ingredients.

28. Have a donut wall where visitors can choose their favorite donut to commemorate your "holy matrimony."

29. Turn your first dance into an exciting routine and surprise your guests.

30. Provide amusing items and set up a photo booth with an imaginative backdrop, such as a balloon wall or flower.

31. add these enormous roses to your photo booth as a playful touch.

32. Set up a photo scavenger hunt where participants must take pictures with specific individuals or at different spots across your venue. Please encourage them to share their photos using your wedding hashtag on social media.

Dress inspiration for your hotel ballroom wedding

33. A ballroom wedding without a ball gown—what is it? This V-neck dress with a lavish train and a beaded illusion back will make you look like a princess of the current era.

34. This mermaid dress, made of tulle and lace, features a drop-waist back and hand-beaded spaghetti straps.

35. Shine brightly in this ball gown, which features a cathedral-length train, a metallic-patterned skirt, and optional crystal-beaded sleeves.

36. To be the life of the party, wear this Disney Belle-inspired dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline, an embellished bodice, and a tulle skirt with pickups.

37. This ball gown will turn heads With its large ruffled skirt, strapless lace bodice, and subtle shimmer.

38. For an alternative to ruffles, this high-neck ball gown features a striking skirt with horsehair trim and tiers of tulle.