• The auditorium is available after 6:00pm for community groups and business partners.
• Bookings cannot be made more than 2 months in advance.
• A minimum of 50 people is required to secure your booking. The
maximum capacity is 250 people depending on the set-up of your
function.
• Pending internal bookings, entry or set-up before 5:00pm in not
available. Teardown and equipment removal must be completed by 10:30pm.
Please include enough time for set-up and teardown when booking the
auditorium.
• Please arrange your own audio-visual equipment needs. AV equipment is not available.
• On arrival, please check in with Security at the front entrance.
• Groups are allowed access to the auditorium and front lobby area only. All other areas of the building are restricted.
• Please do not pin, tape or hang items in the auditorium.
• No exchange of money through entrance fees, seminar fees
(including pre-paid), sale of items, memberships, solicitation for
funds (fundraising) is permitted in the auditorium.
• Alcoholic beverages, smoking, dancing, music or animals are not allowed in the building at any time.
• Other than bottled beverages, food is not permitted.
• Each group is responsible for complete clean up by 10:30pm. Please ensure or make arrangements for clean-up of the auditorium.
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Should any damages occur, a “damage fee” is subject to apply in
addition to the cost involved to clean or repair the damage. All costs
are based on the current contractor used by the The Hamilton Spectator.
• Spectator staff (including security) is not available to help with your auditorium needs during your function.
• Auditorium use and attendance will be monitored and recorded.
In order to confirm your date and set-up needs, the accompanied booking
sheet must be completely filled out within a minimum of 15 business
days prior to the booking date. Failure to meet this requirement may
result in cancellation of your booking.
Although we make every effort to confirm your booking, internal
bookings do take precedence, regardless of how far in advance you have
booked. Should you get bumped we would make every effort to contact you
as soon as possible.
Please submit booking sheet to:
Auditorium Booking c/o The Hamilton Spectator, 44 Frid Street, Hamilton, ON L8N 3G3 or by fax to 905-526-2470.