Meetings & Seminars
Business with style

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Increasingly, corporate clients are discovering that the Victorian grandeur of Mechanics Hall provides a perfect setting for their events.  From meetings, conferences and seminars to receptions and banquets, every function is a memorable occasion.    

Our versatile meeting and reception rooms, with more than 14,000 s.f. of space in five different function rooms can accommodate 10 people to 1,600 in comfort and privacy.  You may choose from several types of seating arrangements -- auditorium, conference, school-room or banquet  format.  

Our catering services can provide a simple coffee break or an elegant banquet with a menu customized to fit your needs and budget.  A full liquor license and professional hospitality staff are also available. 

The historic ambience may take your senses back in time, but today's business gatherings require today's audio-visual technology.  We can meet those needs.  

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Lighting 

• 10 period chandeliers, quartz down-lighting, curtain-wash fixtures, four-color borderlight down-lighting, ellipsoidal spotlights, all controlled by a computerized dimming system. 

 

• Distributed sound system with receptacles for up to six microphones, two line-level inputs and provisions for  background music input and recording.  Wireless microphones, stands and lecterns are also available. 

 

• Retractable 10x10 projection screen, 35mm slide projector with remote control, overhead projectors, 16mm sound film projector, two 26" color video monitors on stands with half-inch VHS video cassette decks.  Laser pointers, projection carts, flip charts and easels, etc., are also available.

 

• Stage lighting consisting of clear, fixed orchestral downlighting and adjustable theatrical lighting instruments, all controlled with a 48-channel DMX-type dimmer console in the sound booth at the rear of the Hall.  House lighting consisting of four large chandeliers and a variety of accent lighting, all under dimmer control.  Separate power risers provided at stage for supplemental show lighting, and clear-comm headset intercom facilities available.  Two Lycian 1266 Superarc follow spotlights are available for use in the rear balcony. 

 

• Full-range, uniform sound reinforcement system covering all seating areas in Hall and balconies is accomplished with a four-way central loudspeaker cluster over the stage, and supplemental time-delayed speakers under the balconies.  Sound system is capable of producing more than 100 decibels of sound pressure level at any seat in the Hall, and is powered by 13 Crown power amplifiers  totalling 2,600 watts. A 24-channel mixing console is located in the sound booth at the rear of the Hall, along with adjustable equalizers, limiters, recording and playback equipment, and wireless microphone receivers.  An inductive loop hearing-impaired system and portable receivers and headsets are also available.  The stage is equipped with a permanently-installed 18-channel microphone snake cable and a two-channel stage monitor system, capable of handling up to eight stage monitor loudspeakers.Backstage monitoring is possible with loudspeakers located in all backstage and dressing room areas. 

 

• Projection booth at rear of hall for slides, film or video projection, retractable 20x20 projection screen lowers electrically over stage.  A variety of projectors and lenses are available, including 35mm slide projectors; 16mm sound-film, overhead projectors and 26" color video monitors.