St. Bernard Event Rental Facilities
Vision
St. Bernard Event Rental Facilities is dedicated to providing you with superior service and the best product selection to fit every budget. Our event specialists have managed thousands of events, ranging from intimate gatherings to large corporate functions…no event is too large or too small. We are deeply committed to making you look great, and are meticulous about maintaining an inventory with an infinite selection of unique items for those final touches, bringing more style and sophistication to your table. We look forward to helping you create memorable moments that will live on long after the final guest has left.
Our Commitment to You
We have been serving our community since 1960. We take pride in our work; therefore, with our years of experience, qualified staff, and excellent coordination and planning skills, we guarantee you 100% satisfaction when you allow us to take charge of every detail. We hope to be able to service you; when we do, we will make sure that on that special day you and your guests can enjoy a grand event with nothing to do except enjoy yourself. We'll take care of the rest.
Mission Statement
We are focused on the needs of your event. Personal touches make all the differences to the success of an event. Our dedicated staff has over eighteen years of experience specializing in the hospitality industry. Throughout your planning process we will respond to you quickly and thoughtfully, so that you can avoid stress at every turn. From recommending a florist, to helping word your invitations, our staff is dedicated to do what it takes to make you happy. In every way, you will find the experience you will have at our event facilities, complete, satisfying, and utterly delightful.
Frederick Sigur Center
8245 West Judge Perez Drive
Chalmette, Louisiana 70043
The fully renovated and restored Sigur Center is located a mere 6 miles from the Historic French Quarter in St. Bernard Parish. Our mid-size, 52,400 square foot auditorium venue with full stage and state-of-the-art lighting and sound is equipped to entertain up to 2400 guests. The Sigur Center also includes permanent balcony seating, VIP seating, as well as flexible seating or open floor.
Adjacent to the auditorium, the Sigur Center has a beautiful 10,850 square foot Ballroom. The Grand Ballroom is also newly renovated with stucco walls, chandeliers, and arched wooden doors. The Grand Ballroom can accommodate approximately 750 guests. This room can also be split into to two separate rooms; The North Ballroom which can accommodate 375 guests and the South Ballroom which can accommodate up to 200 guests. The Sigur Center provides tables, chairs, linens, projectors, a microphone and a portable stage for rental that comes with the room. Outside caterers, upon arrival are allowed to use our full service kitchen. The Sigur Center provides for beverage and liquor packages.
The Frederick Sigur Center Auditorium & Mezzanine
The Frederick Sigur Center Grand Ballrooms
The Frederick Sigur Center North Ballrooms
The Frederick Sigur Center South Ballroom
Historic St. Bernard Courthouse
1201 Bayou Road
St. Bernard, Louisiana 70085
THE PRESENT Historic St. Bernard Parish Courthouse was designed by the architectural firm of Toledano and Wogan in New Orleans in 1914. Toledano and Wogan designed some of the most important structures in New Orleans including the Grunewald (Roosevelt) Hotel, De Soto (Le Pavillon) Hotel, Monteleone Hotel and Werlein’s Music Store on Canal Street. The principal partners in the firm descended from prominent families who owned St. Bernard sugar plantations in the 18th and 19th centuries and were related to the Beauregard, Ducros, Olivier and Reggio families.
There have been five courthouses in St. Bernard Civil Parish. This is the third courthouse on this site. The property was sold to St. Bernard Parish by Vicente Nunez in 1848 for the sum of $1.00 to establish a parish seat in the center of the populated areas of St. Bernard. The first courthouse on this site was completed in 1848. It was raised on brick piers and of wooden stud construction. It was abandoned after the Civil War and the courthouse was illegally relocated to Stocklanding (Arabi), Louisiana. After reconstruction, the courthouse briefly returned to St. Bernard Village in 1880 until it burned in 1884. Once more, the courthouse was temporarily relocated to Stocklanding (Arabi) though legally this time. Harmon Turner, a resident of St. Bernard Village, received the contract to build the second St. Bernard Parish Courthouse on the site. It was constructed on elevated brick piers, was of wooden stud construction with a hipped roof. A wooden cupola surmounted the roof. Constant concerns were voiced about building a new courthouse which would be larger and more fire resistant.
Toledano and Wogan designed a building which was 80% fire proof. The walls and floors are all of poured concrete. The balustrades, balusters (railings and spindles), columns and decorative plaster work are also poured concrete. The original grand staircase leading to the second and third floors is of cast iron. White marble stairs set an impressive tone at the front entrance, as do marble base boards on the first floor. Only the doors, door surrounds, window surrounds, windows and flooring in several rooms are wooden. The colors used throughout the courthouse were recorded in the building specifications which, with the original plans, are housed in the Southeast Architectural Archives in Tulane University. The frieze on the ceiling in the old courtroom on the second floor is of acanthus leaf design and the decorative molding on the wall where the ceiling cove begins is of egg and dart design. Acanthus leaves signify strength and stability of rule. The egg symbolizes birth and life and the dart symbolizes death. Both decorative motifs were borrowed from Roman symbolism and architectural design. The courthouse floor plan is taken from the designs of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio who influenced the work of Thomas Jefferson and the design of the United States Capital in Washington, D.C. Construction on the building began in 1914 and completed in 1915 by Jefferson Construction Company for the sum of $64,893. The catastrophic 1915 Hurricane damaged the courthouse and it was repaired after less than three-month occupancy. While functioning as a courthouse, the Assessor, Sheriff and Tax Collector, Clerk of Court, Police Jury, Home Demonstration Agent, and Commodity Distribution Office occupied the first floor. The second floor was dominated by the courtroom, with District Attorney and Welfare offices on either side of the cast iron staircase and judge’s chambers and a jury room on the lower bayou or eastern side of the second floor. There was dead space on the third floor above the judge’s chambers and jury room and offices used for various purposes including, at first, the Parish School Board on the third floor at the head of the cast iron staircase. A spectator’s balcony was also accessed from the third floor at the head of the cast iron staircase.
A special election was held Wednesday, August 31st, 1938 to determine whether the courthouse would be moved from St. Bernard Village, where it had been for ninety years, to its present location in Jackson Terrace, Chalmette. Of 1365 votes cast in seven wards throughout St. Bernard Parish, 1360 votes were cast in favor of moving the courthouse and FIVE were cast against the proposition. The courthouse moved to Chalmette in 1939. The original courthouse had been located in the yard of St. Bernard Catholic Church and is depicted there on the La Tourette Map of 1844. Thus, the seat of St. Bernard Parish shifted from its eastern section to Chalmette in the westernmost part of St. Bernard after 158 years.
St. Bernard School was established in the former courthouse in 1940. A concrete staircase was added on the eastern – lower bayou side of the building in 1939 connecting the first, second and third floors. Classrooms were established in the third floor dead space above the judge’s chambers/jury room. In time, St. Bernard School developed into St. Bernard High School which remained there until 1966. P. G. T. Beauregard High School for young ladies was established in 1966 and continued in operation until 1988. The school then became P. G. T. Beauregard Middle School which operated until 2005 and Hurricane Katrina.
After Hurricane Katrina, the building and former P. G. T. Beauregard Middle School campus were used as Camp Hope, a facility to house volunteers coming to St. Bernard to participate in the rebuilding effort following Katrina. FEMA funding subsidized the restoration of the Historic St. Bernard Parish Courthouse which began in 2010 and was completed in 2012. Improvements to the structure included the construction of a three story addition on its rear/north-facing side to house an elevator, fire stairway, mechanical rooms, restrooms on the upper two floors and other improvements. The Historic St. Bernard Parish Courthouse is one of the finest early 20th century buildings constructed in the Greater New Orleans Region.
Events
The Aycock Barn
409 Aycock Street
Arabi, Louisiana 70032
The Aycock Barn is an open-air pavillion and is available for rentals.
The Val Reiss Sports Hall Of Fame Complex
1101 Magistrate Street
Chalmette, LA 70043
The Val Reiss Sports Hall of Fame Complex is a 22,000 square foot rental facility.
For rentals please contact us.
St. Bernard Parish Rental Fees
Grand Ballroom Rental Fees
Max Capacity
Rounds 600ppl
Rectangles 850ppl
3 Hour Grand Ballroom Rental Fee $1,500.00
Janitorial Service Fee $400.00
Set up Fee $12.00/72’ Round table includes linen and 10 chairs per table
Additional rectangle tables $7.00/per table includes linen
Kitchen Service Fee $300.00
Security Fee $60.00/per hour (2 Police Officers)
Stage Fee $100.00
Beverage Package Available
(Please see beverage page for pricing)
Well, Call & Premium
Soda Package Only, Beer & Wine Package also available
North Ballroom Rental Fees
Max Capacity
Rounds 350ppl
Rectangles 400ppl
3 Hours North Ballroom Rental Fee $1,000.00
Janitorial Service Fee $250.00
Set up Fee $12.00/72’ Round table includes linen and 10 chairs per table
Additional rectangle tables $7.00/per table includes linen
Kitchen Service Fee $300.00
Security Fee $ 60.00/per hour (2 Police Officers)
Stage Fee $100.00
Beverage Package Available
(Please see previous page for pricing)
Well, Call & Premium
Soda Package Only, Beer & Wine Package also available
South Ballroom
Max Capacity
Rounds 150ppl
Rectangles 225ppl
3 Hours South Ballroom Rental Fees $500.00
Janitorial Service Fee $100.00
Set up Fee $12.00/72’ Round table includes linen and 10 chairs per table
Additional rectangle tables $7.00/per table includes linen
Kitchen Service Fee $300.00
Security Fee $60.00/per hour (2 Police Officers)
Stage Fee $100.00
Beverage Package Available
Well, Call & Premium
Soda Package Only, Beer & Wine Package also available
(Please see beverage page for pricing)
Auditorium Rental Fees
10 Hour Rental Fee Floor Only $3,000.00
(Includes move in, event & move out time)
Max Capacity 900ppl
AUDITORIUM RENAL INCLUDES:
*2 Private dressing rooms
W/ Bathrooms & Showers
*2 large dressing rooms
W/ Bathrooms & Showers
2 Large dressing rooms
1 half bathroom near staging area
1st Balcony Fee $500.00
Seating Capacity 649ppl
2nd Balcony Fee $500.00
Max Capacity 734ppl
The Historic Courthouse Rental Fees
Outdoor Ceremony Service Fee $75.00
3 Hour Rental Fee $1,000.00 Janitorial Service Fee $250.00
Set up Fee $12.00/72’ Round table includes linen and 10 chairs per table
Additional rectangle tables $7.00/per table includes linen
Security Fee $60.00/per hour (2 Police Officers)
Beverage Package Available
Well, Call & Premium
Soda Package Only, Beer & Wine Package also available
(Please see Beverage page for pricing)
The Aycock Barn Rental Fees
3 Hour rental fee $200.00/per hour
(Client is responsible for bringing all necessary items to complete event)
Security $30.00/per hour per deputy
Damage Deposit required $250.00
St. Bernard Parish Event Rentals Beverage Fees
ALL PACKAGES INCLUDE 9% SALES TAX PRICES PER PERSON SOFT DRINKS ONLY: (Coke, Diet Coke, & Sprite $3.27 per person SOFT DRINKS PLUS: Soft Drinks, Orange juice, Pineapple juice, & Cranberry Juice. $5.45 per person SOFT DRINKS, & DRAFT BEER OR WINE $8.72 per person SOFT DRINKS, DRAFT BEER & WINE $10.90 per person WELL BRAND ALCOHOL: Draft Bud Light, Vodka, Rum, Amaretto, Scotch, Gin, Bourbon, Merlot, Chardonnay, White Zinfandel, & Soft Drinks. $13.08 per person CALL BRAND ALCOHOL: Bottle of One: Coors Light, Miller Lite, or Budweiser. Absolut Vodka, Bacardi Light Rum, Bols Amaretto, Dewar’s Scotch, Tanqueray Gin, Jack Daniels Bourbon, Merlot, Chardonnay, White Zinfandel, & Soft Drinks. $17.44 per person PREMIUM BRAND ALCOHOL: Bottle of Two: Coors Light, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, or Michelob Ultra. Grey Goose Vodka, Bacardi Select Rum, Disaronno Amaretto, Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Beefeater Gin, Crown Royal Bourbon, Merlot, Chardonnay, White Zinfandel, & Soft Drinks. $21.08 per person
BEVERAGE PACKAGES: *RATES ARE BASED ON A PER-HEAD PRICE; 3 HOURS OF BEVERAGE SERVICE *ALL PACKAGES INCLUDE SETUPS, NAPKINS, CUPS, AND BARTENDERS *CASH BAR IS PER $15/PER HOUR/4 HOUR MINUMUM *ADDITIONAL RENTAL FEE ARE SUBJECT TO A PER-HEAD COUNT FEE
Maurine Liuzza, Special Event Manager 8245 West Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, Louisiana 70043 Event Line 504.278.1506 Email:[email protected] Booking Requirements
12 months prior to event 25% Non-Refundable deposit required
6 months prior to event 50% Non –Refundable deposit required
30 days prior to event balance required.
We do not accept Cash payments. Personal Checks, money order or certified checks are accepted Checks are made payable to St. Bernard Parish Government
For more information, please contact Maurine Liuzza St. Bernard Parish Government Special Event Manager O: 504.278.1506 E:[email protected]