Look no further than the St Pete Beach Community Center for your wedding!!!! The location can NOT be beat! It is a new facility, and with the balcony upstairs, watching the sunset is breathtaking! Kelley Poole made things so easy for us booking from Texas.

The St Pete Beach Community Center could not have been a more perfect setting for our wedding. I was so happy to find a beautiful location that was by the water, but not on the beach. In the courtyard, we were able to have a formal ceremony with a beachy feel. They provided 50 chairs for the ceremony, which cut down on the number of chairs we had to rent.
The reception area was equally perfect. I love the full wall of windows overlooking the Intercoastal during dinner.
The venue was very clean, nice restrooms, and easily accessible for the elderly and small children. They also provided a bridal room, as well as a room for the groomsmen to be in before the ceremony. The prices are very reasonable for all that you get. Kelley does a great job of coordinating everything before the big, and she was so helpful with all of my questions. I also hired her to coordinate the ceremony, which she did a great job of.
I have no complaints about this awesome venue!

Just a note to tell you how pleased we were with the St Pete Beach Community Center as a site for son and now daughter-in-law's wedding this past Saturday. I can't tell you how many guests complimented us on the venue and remarked how gorgeous the setting was - and they were right!

We really appreciated being able to drop off centerpieces, etc. on Friday. It proved a huge help and allowed us time to help the caterer set up between the ceremony and reception. Parking was plentiful and the room was beautiful. The room stayed cool and comfortable throughout the party even with lots of dancing! The lighting options and ease of accessing them was great and we were able to dim and raise the lights as needed during the party. We appreciated having access to the entire center as it gave the wedding party some privacy before the reception and of course, we were able to have the children in a private room supervised by counselors, which worked out great for the kids and their parents who were attending the reception.

The room was set for a full 180 people but by putting the buffet in the lobby and the bar on the patio we had a plenty of room for a well used dance floor.

Thank you for your help and that of your staff. We had a wonderful experience with your venue.

The venue was gorgeous! I absolutely loved having a beachy wedding without having to deal with the sand (think women in heels, elderly family members, etc). Having the ceremony and reception all at one location really extended the amount of time we had for the reception which was great. The staff was helpful and friendly. Kelley was quick to respond to emails and I actually hired her company Tickled Pink to do my day of coordination and they did an AMAZING job.

The one complaint I had were that 2 of the tables did fall. It was after dinner and during the dancing so it was not a big deal. One someone bumped into pretty hard, the other - we're still not sure how it fell. Just be aware of that. Even though the tables fell -we still had an amazing night and I would definitely recommend the venue.

Beautiful site! Kelly Helped me so much! It was a wedding to Remember!

This venue is a hidden gem in St. Pete Beach. The venue is located right on the water and Kelly the wedding coordinator was so helpful. The space was perfect for 140 guest with plenty of room.

the place is beautiful and everyone is really nice and easy to work with!

The St. Pete Community Center is a beautiful location hands down. Since we'd used the facility earlier for a graduation party, it was the 1st choice for my daughter & her future husband. Kelly & the staff were kind and helpful from the very beginning. We were/are a group that had a lot of questions. Throughout all of our planning, we were NEVER made to feel that our questions were too much or imposing. Our questions were answered kindly, patiently and they even made helpful suggestions. I would recommend this facility to anyone and this staff I applaude.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN MAKING THIS A WONDERFUL DAY

We had both our ceremony and reception here at the St. Pete Beach Rec Center. Everything was perfect. The venue was very clean and there was someone on hand that the caterer could call when we needed anything. Such a beautiful place for a romantic wedding. Esp. if you want the beach wedding feel with a little more class and less sand in between your toes : ).

We attended a bridal show at the Community Center and were amazed by what a stunning venue it is for weddings and receptions! The staff is friendly and helpful as well.

Beautiful view!

I loved the venue and the sales director is awesomely kind.

Great experience!!! I highly recommend this venue for a perfect Florida wedding. Be prepared to work though--it isn't a venue that does all the fine touched for your. I recommend hiring an event designer/decoratoe like Brighten Interiors--Beck and Mary 727-656-7010 or 727-492-8918. They are fabulous!

I was in awe of the beautiful view from this venue. The ball room was huge, and very clean. The consultant Kelley Poole was very accommodating. I have recommended this venue to many people, and will continue to do so. I was so impressed with the ease of booking this site, and it made my wedding day perfect. Thank you!

It is a beautiful venue and they are very efficient and helpful. A can't miss place to see! Perfect for any event!

This is a beautiful venue right on the water. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something unique for their special day. Kelley did a great job and will be able to help with all of your needs.

This venue was really great and I would not hesitate to recommend it. The date I originally wanted was booked so make sure you book well in advance. The views were beautiful. We did have to rent some extra chairs for outside, as they have a limited number. Kelley is really helpful with letting you know what they have available and what you need to supply.

My mother-in-law was the one who found this site while searching online, and when I went to see it in person, I knew I had to have my wedding reception at their location. The site was clean, open, and had a beautiful view. My guests complimented the site numerous times, and I was very pleased when I entered the hall and saw how well it had all been decorated. I was VERY pleased with the location and the amenities.

I love love love this venue! I had my ceremony downstairs in the courtyard and reception upstairs. The courtyard is very beautiful. It was like being on the beach without detailing with the sand. Kelly was very helpful in setting up all my wedding details. They set up all the chairs and tables at no extra cost. The reception room is spacious and has a great view over looking the water. Thank you Kelly and staff for making my wedding day beautiful!

Wonderful venue. It was beautiful, very clean and the staff was very helpful. The only negative was the traffic noise that made the ceremony somewhat hard to hear.

This venue is in a great location and is a very nice, affordable place to have a wedding reception.

The community center was a great venue, but it has it's ups and downs depending on what you are looking for. It is one of those places where you are going to find yourself having to do alot in your own. There staff prepares the tables and the chairs for the ceremony, everything else you have to set up on your own. We had a bit of a problem in the morning because the cleaning crew that the center hires to come in and clean was late, but they let us come in and have extra time to set up our reception area in the hall. There is a set time period that you pay for, so you have to make sure you will have enough time to enjoy your ceremony and reception. We had 8 hours, which seemed to be a good amount for us. Kelley, the coordinator was very helpful, she answered our many emails and phone calls and got back to us quickly. If you have your ceremony there, try to schedule the time towards the end of the day because the building will actually shade the courtyard area, which can be great in Florida! Overall, we would definitely recomend the community center, beautiful location on the water without the sandy beach!

Don't count this location out because it's a community/rec center. This space had the quality of a hotel location without the crazy cost and we could pick our own catering!
Pros: Large parking lot, beautiful outdoor wedding area and the view is a delight. Some condos are in the shot but the crystal blue water makes up for it. We even had a dolphin make a guest appearance during the ceremony! They were very helpful in working out the rehearsal even with another wedding slated for later that day. They were very helpful in recommending a company to order the wedding arch and again the day of everything went amazing and the location is a winner.
Cons: The only down spot for this location is communication-if you call the main line and not the event planner directly you can get a variety of people with whatever positive or negative attitudes of the day. They are not at the wedding so we push this as a minor unpleasantness. The bride said that she got some flak for trying to come in with the catering two weeks before the wedding because 'that's done the week before'. We received a lot of reminder emails a few days before the wedding, it would have been nice to get the reminder communication, such as the time in the building, can's and can not in an earlier time frame--maybe two weeks before ;)

Overall review: a great place to have a wedding. Everyone had a blast enjoyed the view and didn't feel cramped. Everything had it's own place in this large facility. You get plenty more then you pay for. :)

Absolutely gorgeous! Perfect Florida location! My experience was wonderful the staff was helpful. It was a dream come true!!

Beautiful location, was able to book a date for the month I wanted. Kelley (the rental manager) was helpful answering my emails. My wedding turned out way better than I imagined.

This is the mother of the bride here, and since I did most of the wedding planning as far as the vendors go, I'm making this post. Here is the good the bad and the ugly.

What a fantastic place for a wedding. The courtyard was simply beautiful, and the upstairs reception room was perfect. We easily entertained 100 guests! I loved that we could do the wedding and reception in the same place. Kelley Poole was always responsive to any questions we had. On thing I LOVE LOVE LOVE about this venue is the ability to set up in a variety of ways. My daughter and I visited several times while others were setting up and got some GREAT ideas. We had the wedding and appetizers downstairs, the bar on the wrap around veranda, and the reception inside. The weather was perfect for the 30th of October, and the sun setting on the bay was spectacular.

The bad. I did not realize until two days before the wedding that only 50 outside chairs are available for the courtyard wedding. In all honesty, I may have been told this and it slipped my mind. I do not remember, but then I did so much planning. When Kelley Poole explained this to me, she said to just have the unimportant guests stand. UH NO! So, I had to scramble and pay unexpected money to rent 50 additional chairs.

Now for the ugly. Next to the courtyard is a skateboard park. On the couple of occasions that my daughter and I visited while others were setting up, we noticed the skateboarders were making quite a bit of noise. When I asked Kelley about this, she explained that it is a community center, and nothing could be done to stop the skate boarders, but that they tended to be respectful when a wedding occurred. Despite the fact that we had someone ask them politely to please stop skateboarding for 15 minutes while the ceremony took place, they continued to skateboard. Three more people went over and asked them to stop, and the last one had to become rather belligerent to make them stop. I think it is important for people to know that if they plan a wedding ceremony in the courtyard at this venue, this can occur. All and all the venue was wonderful, and I would recommend it to anyone.

The space is amazing. I loved being able to have our wedding/reception/dance in the same location. Make sure when you book the space you are aware of other activities going on at the grounds. There were a couple things going on the night of our wedding and we needed to work out a plan to accomodate each group and event going on. Also, have a core group of people lined up that you can trust to help set up and take down. You will walk into the room with just the tables and chairs set up and the rest will need to be done.

A beautiful venue for both a ceremony and reception. You get the beach feel without having to deal with the sand. Our wedding photographer was able to get AMAZING photographs that would not have been able to be captured without this venue.

The location is really beautiful and photographs very well. Kelly was a big help during the planning process, and the location was very clean.

Unfortunately there was only one person available with keys the day of and our venue was rented to us and available at 1pm, however no one came to unlock doors for all of the vendors to get in until 1:30pm. Then when we chose the side stairwell to go down and out the back by the parking area, the gate again was locked. We had to wait while our guests were seated and music played to locate the guy to unlock the gate again. Other than that everything was great, but it put our vendors behind with setting up, and it caused some disturbance.

We did have skateboarders going by on the side during the ceremony, however I couldn't really hear them and we knew this going into renting the site. It is a community center. The location is gorgeous and our guests had no idea that it was there tucked away on the intercoastal. Great location!

We had our wedding there on 10/10 and while everything was very beautiful, it is quite expensive. We had no issues getting in contact with Kelley. The only issue on the day of the wedding was that a number of the tables were not locked into place. My parents table collapsed on top of my 80 year old grandmother and spilled hot candle wax all over her and her dress. Make sure someone checks all of the tables before your event.

This is a beautiful Venue for water front outdoor weddings. The courtyard provides a wonderful setting for a small intimate ceremony. However I do recommend that you take into consideration all of the time necessary to set up for your event...my wedding felt very rushed because they do not allow you to set up or tear down your event outside of the time you have rented the facility and is very costly for just a few extra hours in order to do so. I loved my event; however if I had it to do over I would choose a venue with much more flexability so that I could have enjoyed my day rather than feeling anxiety and rushed in order to time everything appropriately.

I had my wedding reception here in February. We loved the idea of having the reception on the water with beautiful views and affordability. We also liked that if it rained, we could move our ceremony from the beach to the space below the ballroom. We were happy that we could visit the venue multiple times with our vendors to plan. We worked with Kelly Poole but had no contact with her other than through email. This was fine for us, we have a wedding coordinator to help with all our other details. The venue is not flexible with allowing vendors in early or to stay late, but this is clearly communicated through the contract as well as through emails. The facility is clean but is bare bones. There is little to no decor so consider the expense of this while planning. We chose to have 16 tables with 8-10 people at each along with a head table for 12. I was concerned that my 150 person wedding would be really tight and we would have no dance floor, however, there was plenty of room. I was pleasantly surprised. The biggest dissappointment I had was that 2 tables collapsed. I had previously read about this in a review and the follow up said that all tables were inspected and the problem was resolved. It wasn't. If I hadn't read about it before, I would think this was a fluke and sometimes accidents happen, but I want to be fair to any future renters. The on sight person for the venue was not very helpful according to my coordinator. He did not seem to care that this happened. He was also asked for some small items, like providing more paper towels in the restrooms when they ran out, and he showed up with toilet paper 20 minutes later.

I want to add that we do not regret our choice to host our reception here. I still believe that it is a hidden gem in St. Pete Beach. No event or facility is perfect. I would just like future brides to have as much information as possible when making their vendor choices.

This venue is beautiful and affordable. We had both the ceremony and reception here. We got tons of compliments both from guests and people who just saw pictures. Unfortunately, we had some trouble with them and when we expressed our disappointed, we were made to feel that we were being "dealt with." In general, everything seemed so nonchalant when a wedding is a very big deal. Here are some of the issues we encountered so you can be sure to address them if you choose this venue:
-There is a skateboard park next to the ceremony site. The Community Center is closed on weekends but there were still skateboarders in the park. When we asked a staff member to ask the skateboarders to stop skating, just for 20 mins during the ceremony, he said there was nothing he could do. He would not even leave the desk. The mother of the groom and other guests were forced to beg them to stop (which they did not) seconds before I walked down the aisle. Everyone noticed and you can hear the skateboarders in the video. It was embarassing. I realize the Comm. Center is a public place but when someone is paying for a wedding...
-When you rent the Center, if you want a room to get dressed in or just keep your things in, you are charged. You also have to pay for someone to be there if it is outside normal hours. The person we paid was useless. He was on his cell phone with his feet on the desk and did not help with anything we had questions about. We just found this to be ridiculous considering we already paid to rent the venue for the day (they only do one event per day, which is nice).
-We were never given anything in writing (even after we requested it) so were surprised at the final cost. Make sure you get something in writing, including payment due dates!
-We were told we could leave our rental furniture in the room until the next morning and would be notified if anything changed. Two days before the wedding I got an e-mail saying there was an event in the room the next morning and "what what did I plan to do with the furniture." That was fun to reshscedule with the rental company!
-There seems to be a general lack of communication and professionalism among staff which created several setbacks the day of the wedding. Nothing major, but lots of small things on such a stressful day feels major.
-There is more but this is getting too long. When we sent an email expressing our disappointment, we were blown off for several months and finally got an email saying, "We're sorry we did not meet your expectations." I will say a friend of mine had a wedding there soon after and had no problems and it seems many other people had a great experience so hopefully we were just unlucky.

I had my wedding here and it was a complete disaster. Tables feel on my guests. Event planner Kelly blew off two appointments with me. The claim we destroyed the room after charging $150.00 cleaning fee and now want more. What seemed like a good idea turned my wedding into a complete disaster and the rooms end up being expensive once you tie in the $150.00 liability, $150.00 cleaning, tables not set up correctly and falling on your guest, charging for the hour during set up and clean up. I recommned going to the Lions Club on Sun Set Beach for you Brides.

This is a great location. I had the opportunity to officiate some weddings there, and I really love the location. You get that beautiful waterfront area for the ceremony and then the ballroom above is beautiful. I also participated in a bridal show at the location and it is a venue that is wonderful for so many different events. I have enjoyed working there!

The perfect wedding and reception venue in St Pete Beach!

A beautiful location. Convenient to I-275, the beach, Downtown St Petersburg and Tampa Bay.

A wonderful and simply beautiful setting to select for your start of your life of marriage!

As a professional DJ, I have worked at this venue a few times now. It is located right by the water so you can have that picturesque ceremony. And they have a nice ballroom with a outside deck. Again, nice little venue.
- Music On The Move DJ's

I would highly recommend St. Pete Beach Community Center to anyone who is getting ready to plan a wedding.

The thing that impressed me the most about St. Pete Beach Community Center is the beautiful water views of Boca Ciega Bay through the wall of glass windows. Manager Kelly Pool is highly qualified and experienced at her work. She is extremely knowledgeable in her practice and timely in all matters. Kelly and her staff are always professional and attentive to every detail. We love to make their ballroom come to life with our lighted foliage and colored up-lights.

I would whole-heartedly recommend Kelly and the St. Pete Beach Community Center to future brides and to anyone planning a special event.

Conrad Forler
A1 Foliage
Quality Plant Rentals

The sea breeze off the water front is unforgettable.

We have done several weddings at this location and they all have turned out beautifully. Easy access to the venue and easy- going dependable staff are all the reasons you would choose this venue for a true Florida wedding.

If you want the best of the BEACH at an affordable cost, the Boca Ciega Ballroom is the perfect choice for your wedding AND reception. Not only is the rental for nine hours (set-up to event to breakdown) less than $2300 with tables and chairs for 100 guests, you have an awesome setting overlooking Boca Ciega Bay

It is only three minutes from the perfect beach to hold your ceremony on the sand OR you can hold it on the plaza below the reception room. The place is very new and modern in structure. It doesn't resemble a typical community center but rather a neutral event space full of options for decorating style.

It has controlled dimmers, enough space forup to 200 guests with dance floor, and they allow outside catering and you to provide your own alcohol. This will save you thousands of dollars over beach resorts who charge up to $35 per person just for an open bar for four hours.

We are excited to recommend the St. Pete Beach Community Center to prospective brides and grooms who wish to have an affordable yet beautiful waterfront location for your wedding day.

We got to see first hand how gorgeous the St. Pete Beach Community Center looks all decked out for a wedding. It is a wonderful place for a wedding reception, or any other event! The view of the water and boats just shouts FLORIDA, but without any of the heat, humidity and blowing sand that can occur with a beach wedding. Highly recommended!