[Venue Idea] College Campus

This Friday, my husband and I are attending the wedding of an old friend from college whom Mike was roommates with way back when he and I first met -- about 8 years ago, almost to the date.  She and I became fast friends and quickly became known as the hardcore girls who could go toe-to-toe in beer pong against our ferocious, beer-guzzling, male-dominated group of friends.  I still contend to this day, that I have never in my life seen anyone do a beer bong faster than this chick. Girl is the Jedi Master of The Beer Funnel.  No joke.  So when she told us that her wedding reception was going to be held on our former college campus at Arizona State University, I thought, "This is just too perfect."  Don't get me wrong: this is not to say that she'll be slamming down Bud Lights College-style in a wedding gown... but I will, however, make the claim that things will have come "full circle" getting to celebrate her marriage on our old college campus. And I have a feeling she shares that sentiment as well... as does our entire ASU crew of friends.

So. Out of curiosity, I asked her if renting out a venue at ASU was expensive and she was like, "hell no!" Of course this number is entirely dependent on how long you will need to use the space and what for, etc., but the number she quoted me was lower than what we paid for our venue, which was $2500. So you decide for yourself if that's a good price or not...

But here's the thing: hosting your wedding at your alma mater could carry tons of special meaning for you, or you and your future husband, if you both met there, and/or graduated from there. I know it would have had special meaning for my husband and I, as we met in Astronomy 101 on ASU's campus.

Also, many college campuses have been around for quite some time and have maintained their historic buildings.  And what better backdrop for your wedding photographer than a gorgeous, fully preserved historic building? In ASU's case, they rent out one ASU's first-ever constructed buildings called "Old Main" shown below:

ASU's "Old Main" Building available for weddings and events.

Actual wedding held at Old Main

 The inside isn't too shabby either

 Actual Wedding

Another perk to hosting your wedding on a college campus is getting to use "on-campus" art and architecture as backdrops for your wedding pictures.  ASU has tons of beautiful back-drop opps:

And guess where the party train will be headed to after the college campus wedding reception? Why, to the college campus bars, of course!  Oh, the nostalgia... it's making me so excited for Friday.

Have you guys attended a wedding on a college campus?  How was it?