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For the most important day of your new life together, The Ritz-Carlton, Denver offers both personalized event planning and sophisticated, luxury wedding venues. Celebrate with 400 family and friends in the elegant Ballroom amid crystal chandeliers and lush bouquets. Or take your wedding out of doors to the Plaza Level Terrace, where candles, décor and fresh flowers can transform the urban setting into a romantic oasis. With two ballrooms, a bridal suite and versatile indoor and outdoor event spaces, the hotel offers a venue for every occasion.

8

Event Rooms

12396 SQ FT

Total Event Space

500

Capacity Largest Space

11

Breakout Rooms

WEDDINGS

Start Planning Your Wedding Here

Tell us about your wedding, then we'll contact you and plan it together.

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Weddings and Occasions

The staff has been hand selected, choosing the finest ladies and gentlemen to handle all details.

Dream weddings don't just happen, they're planned. Marriott Certified Wedding Planners are trained to help. After completing demanding coursework, each Marriott Certified Wedding Planner is qualified to coordinate weddings of all types, including ethnic and military weddings. Relying on experience, training, tradition and old-fashioned intuition, Marriott Certified Wedding Planners can help you determine an overall vision for your wedding and help you execute each detail. That includes setting an event budget; deciding on a menu; arranging table settings; and finding florists, photographers, a band and other entertainment for the big day.
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom is 6,300 sq ft and Fall River Ballroom is 1,960 sq ft.
Allow our event specialists to create the perfect social celebration to create lifelong memories.
We offer on-site event concierge and A/V technicians.
An outdoor tent can be reserved for your winter celebrations on the hotel's Plaza Terrace.
Kosher catering is possible.

Dream Weddings in Denver

Expert planners enjoy experiences with a variety of backgrounds, including Indian and LGBT weddings, while numerous features encourage personalization. Couples can plan a customized menu according to preferences, themes, or culinary traditions, while décor and state-of-the-art technology create celebrations that reflect the essence of the bride and groom.

Wedding Venues

Beautiful Denver Wedding Venues for Exchanging Vows

The hotel’s location in downtown Denver offers a beautiful backdrop from every angle, whether the vibrant city or the majestic mountains. Venues take advantage of this setting from elegant ballrooms and the outdoor terrace and can be arranged to meet your personal preferences and traditions, including kosher and Indian weddings.

A bride and groom after the ceremony
Wedding Advisor

Your Wedding Dreams Flawlessly Designed

The most important day of your life is equally as important to the planners at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. Working closely with every couple, consultants offer support, guidance, and expertise to every wedding and ensure all the details are given equal attention. Planners can assist with selecting one of the downtown hotel’s luxury venues, customizing kosher or other special menus, and ensuring that Indian and other wedding traditions are honored.

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Services

What is the role of The Ritz-Carlton, Denver Weddings Team?

The Ritz-Carlton, Denver weddings team consists of highly regarded expert wedding sales consultants and wedding service managers. As you begin your planning, your wedding sales consultant will:

  • Tour the hotel and wedding locations to assist in selecting the most appropriate venue to meet your needs and fulfill your vision

  • Check availability for preferred wedding dates

  • Design an estimated proposal of costs inclusive of food, beverage, and ceremony rental fee (if applicable)

  • Establish preferred hotel room rates and your guest room block

  • Create a wedding agreement to secure your date and location(s)

Once your wedding agreement is signed and returned with your initial deposit, you will continue planning with your wedding services manager who will:

  • Recommend wedding vendors in such areas as wedding coordination, floral design, photography, videography, ceremony officiant, entertainment, invitations, and bridal attire

  • Act as a liaison between your wedding vendors and the hotel

  • Design your floor plan inclusive of such items as tables, dance floor, bars, and wedding cake table

  • Partner with our culinary team to customize your personal wedding menu

  • Monitor your guest room block and the status of reservations

  • Create an estimate of charges outlining your financial commitment and deposit schedule

  • Detail your Banquet Event Order and Wedding Resume outlining your event specifics to communicate all aspects of your wedding to the hotel

  • Oversee the ceremony and reception set-up, food preparation, and other hotel operations

  • Review the accuracy of the banquet check, prior to the completion of your final bill

What additional wedding items does The Ritz-Carlton, Denver provide?

The Ritz-Carlton, Denver provides banquet and cocktail tables, chairs, china, and glassware. In addition, we offer a complimentary selection of specialty linen, charger plates, dance floor, staging, and cocktail table centerpieces. Our wedding experts can also assist in renting upgraded items such as specialty chairs, upgraded linens, and specialty china.

What makes a wedding at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver unique and memorable?

Our wedding experts will work with you in designing memories that will last a lifetime. Romantic options such as organic dark chocolate aphrodisiac truffles presented to each guest on arrival to your ceremony or fond farewell treats such as coffee, donuts, and the next day’s newspaper offered to guests as they depart in their car from our porte-cochere are fun ways to excite your guests’ senses. Let our wedding experts assist you in creating the perfect memory.

Planning Guide

What is helpful to know when contacting the hotel?

The most helpful information for your Wedding Sales Consultant is an approximate number of guests, what time of day you may be interested in, as well as a range of preferred dates. It is also important to note if you are open to Fridays, Sundays, or alternate weekdays.

May I plan a ceremony only at the hotel?

The hotel ceremony locations are reserved exclusively for weddings holding a reception at the hotel.

How do we obtain a Colorado Marriage License?

A Colorado Marriage License must be obtained from the County Clerk's Office. There is no waiting period for in-state or for out of state residents. The cost varies from county to county and the license is good for up to 30 days. A proper form of identification must be presented.

What happens if we book an outside venue and the weather does not cooperate?

All events that are booked outdoors will automatically be reserved with a backup location. Your indoor venue will be guaranteed 14 days prior to your wedding and typically takes place in one of our stunning ballrooms.

May I take wedding photographs on the hotel property?

Wedding photography is only allowed exclusively for couples getting married at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver.

Timeline

What is the typical timeline for planning my wedding at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver?
Initial Planning Stage (approximately, but not limited to, 6 - 12 months prior)

  • Contact our wedding sales office to learn about weddings at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver, and check availability and tour locations.

  • Reserve your wedding date by having your wedding sales consultant create a wedding agreement detailing your date, time, location, room block, and deposit schedule.

  • Return your wedding agreement within one week with a 25% non-refundable deposit.

Detail Planning Stage (from contract signing to one month prior)

  • Research and book wedding vendors

  • Design your wedding menu and room layout with your Wedding Services Manager

  • Provide a 50% non-refundable deposit 60 days prior to your wedding date

  • Send Save The Date announcements detailing wedding activities and special wedding room rates

Final Planning Stage (approximately one month prior to wedding day)

  • Provide a final deposit based on estimated charges 21 days prior

  • Sign and return Banquet Event Orders detailing all food and beverage for your wedding at least two weeks prior

  • Provide a final guest count to your Wedding Services Manager 72 business hours in advance

Culinary

Our menu is important to us. How will your culinary team meet our needs?
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver boasts a highly regarded culinary team consisting of a variety of culinary talents and abilities. Each of our weddings is custom designed by our Wedding Service Managers and chefs, specifically our menus. We welcome you to share your vision of food and beverage with our staff so we may best fit your needs.

May we bring in an outside caterer?
Our exceptional culinary team caters for all events at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. Specialty cuisines are available and we encourage you to speak with our Wedding Sales Consultant about your specific needs.

I am having a green wedding. Do you provide any special menus?
Many of our menu items are organic as our standard. However, our culinary staff has an acute sense of what it means to “go green”, and they specialize in customizing entirely green menus including both food and beverage.

Are there minimum food and beverage requirements for my wedding?
Each of our ballrooms requires a food and beverage minimum expenditure exclusive of tax and service charges. Your Wedding Sales Consultant will discuss with you the best venue for your guest count and the respective minimum expenditure. Minimum expenditures may be subject to change for Thursday, Friday, and Sunday weddings. A ceremony rental fee is applicable to ceremonies taking place at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver.

Social Celebrations

A Denver Venue for Every Moment Worth Celebrating

Moments of celebration are meant to be shared, and The Ritz-Carlton, Denver offers an elegant venue to bring people together. Surrounded by the contemporary buildings of downtown with the majestic mountains just beyond, the hotel provides a central, beautiful location for indoor and outdoor celebrations. Two large ballrooms can accommodate galas, fashion shows and company holiday parties, and smaller venues are perfect for anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs and birthdays. The spaces provide a blank canvas for party planners to build their event with catering, décor and audiovisual features.

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Meeting Room Dimensions (LxWxH) Area (sq.ft) Theater Schoolroom Conference U-Shape Reception Banquet
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom 87x72x20 6264 500 175 175 200 500 350
Fall River Junior Ballroom 40x49x15 1960 155 95 57 66 145 110
Boardroom 29x17x13 493 0 0 14 0 0 0
Douglas 27x19x13 513 40 25 24 18 35 30
Monarch 39x26x13 1014 80 59 36 32 85 60
Cameron 32x27x13 864 66 40 30 27 60 50
Fremont 31x28x13 868 68 42 30 30 60 50
Loveland 21x20x10 420 32 20 18 18 30 20
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
87x72x20
Area (sq.ft)
6264
Theater
500
Schoolroom
175
Conference
175
U-Shape
200
Reception
500
Banquet
350
Fall River Junior Ballroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
40x49x15
Area (sq.ft)
1960
Theater
155
Schoolroom
95
Conference
57
U-Shape
66
Reception
145
Banquet
110
Boardroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
29x17x13
Area (sq.ft)
493
Theater
0
Schoolroom
0
Conference
14
U-Shape
0
Reception
0
Banquet
0
Douglas
Dimensions (LxWxH)
27x19x13
Area (sq.ft)
513
Theater
40
Schoolroom
25
Conference
24
U-Shape
18
Reception
35
Banquet
30
Monarch
Dimensions (LxWxH)
39x26x13
Area (sq.ft)
1014
Theater
80
Schoolroom
59
Conference
36
U-Shape
32
Reception
85
Banquet
60
Cameron
Dimensions (LxWxH)
32x27x13
Area (sq.ft)
864
Theater
66
Schoolroom
40
Conference
30
U-Shape
27
Reception
60
Banquet
50
Fremont
Dimensions (LxWxH)
31x28x13
Area (sq.ft)
868
Theater
68
Schoolroom
42
Conference
30
U-Shape
30
Reception
60
Banquet
50
Loveland
Dimensions (LxWxH)
21x20x10
Area (sq.ft)
420
Theater
32
Schoolroom
20
Conference
18
U-Shape
18
Reception
30
Banquet
20
Meeting Room Dimensions (LxWxH) Area (sq.mt) Theater Schoolroom Conference U-Shape Reception Banquet
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom 26.5x21.9x6.1 581.9 500 175 175 200 500 350
Fall River Junior Ballroom 12.2x14.9x4.6 182.1 155 95 57 66 145 110
Boardroom 8.8x5.2x4 45.8 0 0 14 0 0 0
Douglas 8.2x5.8x4 47.7 40 25 24 18 35 30
Monarch 11.9x7.9x4 94.2 80 59 36 32 85 60
Cameron 9.8x8.2x4 80.3 66 40 30 27 60 50
Fremont 9.4x8.5x4 80.6 68 42 30 30 60 50
Loveland 6.4x6.1x3 39 32 20 18 18 30 20
The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
26.5x21.9x6.1
Area (sq.mt)
581.9
Theater
500
Schoolroom
175
Conference
175
U-Shape
200
Reception
500
Banquet
350
Fall River Junior Ballroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
12.2x14.9x4.6
Area (sq.mt)
182.1
Theater
155
Schoolroom
95
Conference
57
U-Shape
66
Reception
145
Banquet
110
Boardroom
Dimensions (LxWxH)
8.8x5.2x4
Area (sq.mt)
45.8
Theater
0
Schoolroom
0
Conference
14
U-Shape
0
Reception
0
Banquet
0
Douglas
Dimensions (LxWxH)
8.2x5.8x4
Area (sq.mt)
47.7
Theater
40
Schoolroom
25
Conference
24
U-Shape
18
Reception
35
Banquet
30
Monarch
Dimensions (LxWxH)
11.9x7.9x4
Area (sq.mt)
94.2
Theater
80
Schoolroom
59
Conference
36
U-Shape
32
Reception
85
Banquet
60
Cameron
Dimensions (LxWxH)
9.8x8.2x4
Area (sq.mt)
80.3
Theater
66
Schoolroom
40
Conference
30
U-Shape
27
Reception
60
Banquet
50
Fremont
Dimensions (LxWxH)
9.4x8.5x4
Area (sq.mt)
80.6
Theater
68
Schoolroom
42
Conference
30
U-Shape
30
Reception
60
Banquet
50
Loveland
Dimensions (LxWxH)
6.4x6.1x3
Area (sq.mt)
39
Theater
32
Schoolroom
20
Conference
18
U-Shape
18
Reception
30
Banquet
20
Banquet
Generally used for meals and sessions involving small group discussions. A five foot round table seats eight people comfortably. A six foot round table seats 10 people comfortably.
Conference and Hollow Square
Appropriate for interactive discussions and note-taking sessions for fewer than 25 people. Many hotels have elegant "boardrooms" for 10 to 20 people, equipped with full audiovisual capabilities, a writing board, cork board and a flip chart.
E-Shape, U-Shape and T-Shape
Appropriate for groups of fewer than 40 people. These are best for interaction with a leader seated at the head of the setup. Audiovisual is usually best set up at the open end of the seating.
Theater
Appropriate for large sessions and short lectures that do not require extensive note-taking. This is a convenient setup to use before breaking into discussion or role-playing groups because chairs can be moved.
Reception
Stand-up social function where beverages and light foods are served. Foods may be presented on small buffet tables or passed by servers. May precede a meal function.
Schoolroom or Classroom
The most desirable setup for medium to large-size lectures. Requires a relatively large room. Tables provide attendees with space for spreading out materials and taking notes.
Ovals and Rounds
Generally used for meals and sessions involving small group discussions. A five foot round table seats eight people comfortably. A six foot round table seats 10 people comfortably.
Audio-Visual Equipment
  • 35MM Projector
  • AV Technician
  • Film Projector with Screen
  • Microphone
  • Overhead Projector
  • PA System
  • TV Production Service Provider
  • Video Camera
  • Videoconferencing
  • Walkie Talkies
  • Wired Internet
Event Services
  • Carpenter
  • Certified Meeting Planner
  • Decorator
  • Electrician
  • Event Lighting
  • Locksmith
  • Message Service
  • Photographer
  • Registration Service
  • Security Guards
  • Translator
Event Equipment & Supplies
  • Blackboards
  • Direction Signs
  • Easels
  • Flip Chart & Markers
  • Lobby Bulletin Board
  • Name Cards
  • Pens / Pencils / Notepad
  • Podium Lectern
  • Polling Devices
  • Portable Stage
  • Spotlights
  • Stack Chairs
  • Tables
Business Services
  • Computers
  • Copy Service
  • Fax Service
  • Overnight Delivery/Pickup
  • Post/Parcel
  • Printers
Catering Services
  • Afternoon Break:$28.00 / Person
  • Coffee Break:$26.00 / Person
  • Continental Breakfast:$28.00 / Person
  • Dinner:$150.00 / Person
  • Full Breakfast:$35.00 / Person
  • Lunch:$46.00 / Person
  • Reception:$50.00 / Person
  • Offers single serve F+B options
  • Third-party partners comply with MI cleanliness standards