WEDDING VENUE IS CLOSING ITS
DOORS FOR GOOD. KCCI’S BEAU BOWMAN SPOKE WITH
ONE COUPLE WHO BOOKED NOAH’S
EVENT VENUE FOR THEIR WEDDING. BEAU: NOAH’S EVENT VENUE
EMPLOYEES WERE SENT AN EMAIL
LATE LAST NIGHT, THAT TOLD THEM
NOAH’S HAD FILED FOR CHAPTER 7
BANKRUPTCY. NOW, A DES MOINES COUPLE HAS NO
CLUE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO
HOST THEIR WEDDING. THE SIGN THAT USED TO HANG IN
FRONT OF NOAH’S EVENT VENUE IN
WEST DES MOINES HAS ALREADY BEEN
TAKEN DOWN. >> AT THIS POINT WE ASSUME THAT
WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
WEDDING THERE. BEAU: DILLON BAUER AND HIS
FIANCEE ERIN HOLMES WERE SHOCKED
WHEN THEIR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
TOLD THEM NOAH’S HAD CLOSED ITS
DOORS. THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH
NOAH’S EVENT VENUE TO HOST THEIR
OCTOBER WEDDING, AND NOW THEIR
SEARCH FOR A VENUE STARTS ALL
OVER.
>> NOAH’S WAS A SUPER BEAUTIFUL
VENUE. WE COULD HAVE OUR CEREMONY AND
RECEPTION THERE, SO I THINK IT
MIGHT BE TOUGH TO FIND THE VENUE
LOOKS-WISE, AND JUST BEING ABLE
TO ACCOMODATE EVERYTHING WE
WANT. BEAU: THE COMPANY HAS LOCATIONS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> I JUST FEEL BAD FOR ALL OF
THE BRIDES AND COUPLES THAT ARE
GOING THROUGH THE DRAMA OF NO
LONGER HAVING A VENUE. BEAU: ALAYNA SPOONER, A FORMER
PART-TIME EMPLOYEE AT NOAH’S
EVENT VENUE, SAID THE COMPANY
SENT HER AN EMAIL LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT. >> EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, NOAH’S
WILL CEASE ALL OPERATIONS AND
EVENT HOSTING AND SERVICES
THEREIN. BEAU: THE EMAIL GOES ON TO
EXPLAIN THE COMPANY’S CHAPTER 7
BANKRUPTCY FILING. IT ALSO TOLD EMPLOYEES NOT TO
COME BACK TO WORK, BECAUSE THEY
WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PAY THEM. BAUER AND HOLMES AREN’T SURE IF
THEY’LL GET THEIR DEPOSIT BACK,
BUT HAVE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING
FOR A NEW PLACE TO CUT THE CAKE.
THEY JUST HOPE THE ONE THEY
CHOOSE CAN STILL WORK WITH THE
VENDORS THEY’VE ALREADY HIRED. >> A LOT OF PLACES, YOU HAVE TO
EITHER GO THROUGH THEIR OWN
CATERER, OR THEY HAVE A LIST OF
CERTAIN CATERERS YOU CAN USE. >> IT’S KIND OF A WASTE, IT
REALLY IS, BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL PLACE. BEAU: WE REACHED OUT TO NOAH’S
TODAY, B.
