Book a Hall in Washington

Hall Booking Market Notes for Washington

Washington DC hall pricing is shaped by the federal-government and diplomatic-corporate market — premiums on top of a Tier-2 baseline. Club rooms (100-400 cap) in Herndon, Fairfax, Sterling, Gaithersburg, and Silver Spring run $1,800-$6,500 for a weekend night; the same capacity inside DC Proper (Logan Circle, U Street corridor, Capitol Hill event lofts) often runs $4,500-$8,500 with stricter food-sale and bar minimums. Theatre and ballroom tier (500-1,500 cap) — Lincoln Theatre, Warner Theatre, Howard Theatre, Strathmore Music Center, plus hotel ballrooms at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, Marriott Marquis DC, and the Hyatt Regency Reston — runs $6,500-$22,000 with AV add-ons and union stagehand minimums at the heritage rooms (Lincoln and Warner in particular). Arena-scale (Capital One Arena, EagleBank Arena, Wolf Trap Filene Center) is quoted per show with promoter revenue splits. For South Asian community events, the most-used halls cluster in Northern Virginia along the Dulles corridor and Route 7 — Sully Gurdwara hall in Sterling, the Durga Temple banquet wing in Fairfax Station, the ICC Northern Virginia hall, plus hotel ballrooms at the Hyatt Regency Reston, Sheraton Reston, and Westin Tysons Corner. Liquor licensing in the DMV is genuinely complex because three separate regulators apply: DC events file with ABCA (DC Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration) for a One-Day Substantial Food Sale License, Virginia events file with Virginia ABC for a Banquet License (per-event, with stricter service-hour restrictions than DC), and Maryland events file through the Comptroller's Office with rules that vary materially between Montgomery County and Prince George's County. Cross-jurisdiction events — baraat in Virginia, reception in DC, after-party in Maryland — require three separate permits filed concurrently with a minimum 30-day lead time. Catch Movement holds direct relationships at each major DMV room and walks ABCA, VA ABC, and MD Comptroller filings through end-to-end.

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