Council Fire Ballroom Venue
Council Fire Ballroom at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort offers 13,801 square feet of ballroom space for wedding ceremonies, receptions, and celebrations in a premier Cherokee, North Carolina destination.
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Ballrooms and event spaces with catering options across multiple venues.
Celebrate near the Great Smoky Mountains entrance, with creekside terraces and mountain-view pool decks for memorable gatherings.
Sales and banquet teams coordinate weddings, hospitality events, ceremonies, receptions, vendor load-in, and late breakdown on site.
Choose ballrooms, meeting rooms, an Event Center, exhibit hall, restaurant buyouts, or pool decks for your celebration.
Host rehearsal dinners, hospitality suites, receptions, after-parties, and farewell breakfasts without moving guests across town.
Experienced sales, banquet, and events contacts help shape layouts, catering options, group needs, and celebration timelines.
With 1,833 rooms across four towers, your wedding guests can stay on site throughout the celebration.
Council Fire Ballroom at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort offers 13,801 square feet of ballroom space for wedding ceremonies, receptions, and celebrations in a premier Cherokee, North Carolina destination.
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Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort features several dedicated event spaces, including the 16,815-square-foot Event Center, which can be configured six different ways, the 13,801-square-foot Council Fire Ballroom, and the Oak, Maple, and Hickory meeting rooms. Couples have also held ceremonies on the outdoor terrace along the creek at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort.
The Event Center Floor at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort offers a seated capacity of 1,630 and standing capacity of 1,500, while the Oak and Maple rooms each hold up to 300 guests auditorium-style or 120 for a seated banquet. This range of room sizes lets Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort host both intimate ceremonies and large wedding receptions.
Yes. Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort is home to 12 on-site restaurants, and many are available for complete group buyouts, including Ruth's Chris Steak House, Guy Fieri's Cherokee Kitchen + Bar, and Gordon Ramsay Food Market. This makes it possible to host a rehearsal dinner and wedding dinner entirely within Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort.
Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort has 1,833 rooms spread across four hotel towers, making it the largest hotel in North Carolina. With this many rooms on property, an entire wedding guest list can typically be accommodated at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort without needing to book elsewhere.
Weddings at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort are typically booked through the property's Sales Department and coordinated with a dedicated banquet and events contact. Some couples have also arranged a Friday Night Hospitality gathering in a suite at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort ahead of the ceremony.
Yes, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort offers a terrace along the creek that has been used for wedding ceremonies, giving couples an outdoor setting on property before moving indoors for the reception.
Wedding catering at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort can draw on its roster of on-site restaurants, including Ruth's Chris Steak House and restaurants from celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Guy Fieri, allowing couples to arrange rehearsal dinners and receptions without leaving the property.
Guests of any age are welcomed in the hotel and in restaurants and gift shops not located on the casino floor at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort, making it workable for family wedding celebrations. The casino floor itself is restricted to guests 21 and older, so wedding parties with children should plan reception activities in the hotel's non-casino event and dining spaces.
Yes, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort operates around the clock, seven days a week, so vendor load-in and late reception breakdown are not constrained by a fixed closing time.
Beyond its event spaces, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort offers a full-service spa and spa treatment rooms, 24-hour fitness facilities, free self parking, on-site shopping, and a 24-hour front desk, giving wedding guests everything needed for a full weekend stay in one location.
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