http://idahobusinessreview.com/2011/02/21/39226/
New event center being built on Lake Coeur d’Alene
by Jennifer Gonzalez
Published: February 21st, 2011
An 11,000-square-foot event center is under construction on Lake Coeur d’Alene.
The Hagadone Hospitality Company, which owns the Coeur d’Alene Resort, commissioned construction of the 11,000-square-foot facility in early February. Scheduled completion is July 2011. Total project costs aren’t being disclosed.
Hagadone Hospitality Company President and Co-owner Jerry Jaeger said the year-round facility, located on a golf course, will feature 11,000-square-feet with additional 6,000-square-feet of deck space for banquets, receptions or weddings. 200-feet of sliding glass windows also open to a lake view. The space can accommodate up to 800 people.
TW Clark Construction of Spokane is the general contractor. Longwell and Trapp of Hayden is the architect.
“Our economy is soft like anyone else,” Jaeger said. “We are starting to see some improvements and believe this event center will quicken a return to our normal economic environment.”
Jaeger also said his company was able to capitalize on construction costs of up to 25 percent less than it would have cost two years ago.
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The events center is the heart of the project, with 200 feet of sliding glass walls that can be retracted at the push of a button. The walls open to views of the lake, a 25- by 70-foot swimming pool, beach and lawn areas and outdoor wedding and banquet venue. Four fireplaces will give the center a cosy feel for Christmas parties and other seasonal events, while banquets can serve 400 inside or 600 when the outside tiled decks - all 6,000 square feet of them - are used.
Inside, 57 spotlights and 73 ceiling speakers will make for exceptional sight and sound, Jaeger said.
"There will be one pocketed sound door to allow two different events to occur at the same time within the center," he added.
Outside, berms with 20,000 bright petunias and 5,000 junipers will provide privacy for banquets and weddings. Inside the petunia beds will be speakers so that people in the back row of the wedding or banquet will be able to hear just as well as those in front.
And up front is a 57-foot wedding stage and speaker's rostrum seemingly floating in the middle of a reflection pool. The backdrop, framed by deluxe cabanas, the swimming pool and beach area, is Lake Coeur d'Alene herself. The beach and pool are available to any guest of the Coeur d'Alene Resort or Best Western Coeur d'Alene Inn.