Winnipeg: Unique Reception Venues?

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Hey Winnipeggers,

I am looking for some local help if you could. I'm getting married next year in Winnipeg, which is my fiancee's home city. A lot of my family and our friends will be travelling from Halifax and other parts of the country, and most of them have never been to Winnipeg before. I really love the city and I want to showcase it a bit, so I'm looking to host the reception in a unique-to-Winnipeg venue for the reception.

So I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions of places. We might have somewhere in the range of 300 people, so for round tables we'd need something like 3000 - 5000 square feet (fairly big, I guess).

I was thinking along the lines of an old warehouse or loft or any interesting, indoor open space really, so my first choice would be to have it somewhere in the Exchange District but I'm not limiting it to there. I have looked into the Millennium Centre (which is incredible) but I want to check out all of the possibilities before I go ahead with a down payment anywhere.

I apologize if there have been similar 'venue' threads before but I didn't come across any.

Thanks in advance for any help!