Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, Indiana

A wedding at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Indiana is a big-room celebration on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The complex is best known for games and conventions, but it also hosts banquets, receptions and socials, and its staff work with you from setup to teardown. Because it sits on campus, ask your photographer and videographer to scout spots outside for wedding photos before the party.

What the building does well is scale. There are 148,000 square feet of space, including a 32,000-square-foot arena with a celebration layout, a conference center of nine rooms totaling 17,000 square feet, and the 632-seat Toretti Auditorium, which has its own entrance plus its own lighting and sound system. That range means a wedding reception for a couple hundred guests or a smaller dinner in one of the conference rooms. The complex doesn't publish a weddings page, so ask the events team whether a wedding ceremony can be held on site and in which room.

The Hilton Garden Inn is right next door, handy for out-of-town guests and for getting ready close by on your wedding day. Parking is next to the building and along Wayne Avenue. Inside, the rooms come with built-in sound and projection, so talk with your videographer about plugging into the house sound for the toasts, and ask how the lighting can be set for the first dance in a large space.

• Send the complex a request for proposal with your date and guest count.
• Ask which rooms suit a wedding reception, and whether ceremonies are possible.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and where you can take pictures on campus.

A little about the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex

Ground was broken for the complex in 2008. It is named for a local family whose gift helped build it, and it is owned by the university and run day to day by a venue management company.