Coldplay tribute, just beautiful with the cathedral lit up with so many candles from the entry stairway to the entrance walk up and to the filled stage! lively mixed with a romantic setting. Staff were so welcoming! read more

Tucson Scottish Rite - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

I came here for a concert during the Jazz Festival. I found the area was clean and I enjoyed some historical beauty. (Mason history). Little touches such as stained glass above a door representing the beginnings of this building. The main room where the concert was set up in was large, roomy, many beautiful details featured on the walls, ceilings etc. the entire floor was carpeted so the sound was very good. Yes nice acoustics. A very pleasant venue. read more

Tucson Scottish Rite - Exterior - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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Great venue! We have our ballet productions here and they are very accommodation. The building is absolutely stunning! The ballroom is beautiful. The sets our amazing as well. Lynn is fun to work with. Would make a great wedding venue or charity event venue! read more

Great venue! We had our wedding reception in the red room and it was an excellent room with great location and a great atmosphere. All of our guests were very impressed by the beauty and historical aspect of the building and the building is well maintained considering its age. Lynn was extremely helpful as venue manager and she went above and beyond to make sure that everything ran smoothly. We were very happy with our choice and would recommend to anyone interested. read more

Reading past reviews, I'm not at all surprised. The good news is that everything is different now with a new Special Events Coordinator who couldn't be more opposite of the previous one. I attended events previously and was rather offended by the stuffy, rude and downright negative treatment received. Recently, though, I had the opportunity to visit again, and it was wonderful! Lynn is warm, thoughtful and totally dedicated to making every event a rousing success. For any upcoming event, talk to Lynn and see what this magnificent and absolutely unique venue has to offer. I suspect it won't be flying under the radar much longer! read more

This review gets 1 star because well, I cannot put zero. In all fairness the place is beautiful, clean, and kinda cool with the Mason thing going on. The problem comes with the rental coordinator/manager or whatever her title is. She rents out the halls for events and I recently worked as a vendor at one of these events. I walked into a place filled with their negativity and they proceeded to tell me what to do - mainly how to serve my guests. There was noo assistance and they looked like they didn't want to be there. Then I heard from my clients about how they were treated - paying clients treated as a nusiance and were not assisted at all. Even worse promised goods were not delivered by the venue and the client was not notified untill the day of the event. No apology was given and they had a bad attitude all night. Not thinking to much of it untill the end of the event when the client was preparing their food to go with some foil and the venue lady swiped the foil out of her hand and threw it away. In summation - The attitude and lack of customer service is very inappropiate and un-becoming of people involved in the event industry. It makes me sad that great places are closing while crap like this is going on. Wake up your downtown - the construction makes it even harder to get to you and your place isn't the greatest in the world...develop some damn customer service skills or hire someone so we don't ahve to deal with this bs again. Telling vendors that you'll allow us to work there if a client books us and then going around spreading lies about us and forcing them to call other vendors... Adjective run off time: Unprofesssional and bad! I won't work here again!! and Vendors and clients be wary of the scottish rite!!! read more

Beautiful facility, great food from the catering company, and good atmosphere. I was recently a guest at an event so, since I wasn't hosting, I didn't have to deal with any of the things others have mentioned. From the guest perspective, I had a fabulous time and would love to go back again! Beautiful, elegant, and everything seemed to run quite smoothly. All the makings of a great evening! read more

A memorial service can be a difficult event to attend. I recently visited one at this cathedral and it was beautiful. Accommodations were perfect and the staff was most gracious. I felt very comforted by the surroundings and the music played perfectly. The lobby was inviting when I needed to step out for a break. Thank you for the coffee! read more

I recently held an event at the Scottish Rite and was very pleased with everything. The staff is really easy to work with, the room is beautiful and it's a good value. I would highly recommend using the Scottish Rite for an event. read more

My niece held her wedding here in this beautiful room - too bad she hadn't read the yelp review from July. The wedding coordinator made promises and it all sounded good but on the actual wedding day they messed up in just about every way you can imagine. It so happened my niece, the bride, was a restaurant manager and by dropping her bride mode and going into management mode and recruiting some of her best friends to work as servers, she managed to save the day for most of the other guests....well everyone around me had a great time but I can't speak for all guests. Among the things screwed up: too few tables, too few chairs, too few servers, too few serving utensils, forgetting to serve some appetizers, forgetting food for children, forgetting wine on tables, on and on. Poor bride almost had to put an apron on over her gown. Nightmare city. read more

Amazing venue! However, the greatest asset to this venue is Peggy, who will go above and beyond to help make your wedding the best it can be as she did for us. We are grateful that had our wedding at this venue and would highly encourage you to look into it as well. read more

Potential clients beware of this venue mainly due to Peggy Atchley, the event coordinator for the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Unfortunately due to our experience with her on the day of our event, it left an awful feeling for us, some of our guests and vendors. Everything from her negative attitude, where simple questions seemed to be a bother, her demeanor on the day of the event, as if we where now a burden, to even yelling and mistreating some of our guests. I'm not sure of all the details but she even started cursing and creating a scene with two of our vendors regarding setup locations. In my opinion, we asked for simple items to be corrected or assisted with and it was too much of a hassle. It came to a point where we did not want to bother her with anything further but she made it very clear that we need to stop our event at 11:20pm in order to be completely out by midnight. I say good luck to anyone who chooses this venue, especially when you have many other choices downtown. Based on our original consults, everything was planned and promised to be done in a professional manner. That was far from the picture that was painted. I warn you to take a further look into this location, as they are understaffed, which plays a big part into your night running smoothly and which definitely leads to the added stress for Peggy Atchley and her outbursts. Should you choose this location, hire your own event coordinator and additional staff because Peggy will not deliver. read more

Had a horrific experience! What should have been an amazing day turned out to be an embarrassment. My caterers were accused of arriving way too early. My DJ was treated very unprofessionally and has refused to accept any other jobs at this venue. The event coordinator went around unplugging lighting effects, had her staff removing dinner plates that guests had not finished. Guests could literally not turn their heads because if they did their dinner plates filled with food would vanish. My guests and staff felt very unwelcome. Worst of all my event was scheduled to end at 12am and that weird Peggy lady told my DJ to wrap it up! A little after 11pm. At previous meetings she seemed so helpful but on the day off the event she went through some kind of transformation and was no longer the lovely Peggy we had grown to appreciate. Last but definitely not least, my caterers set up a beautiful buffet line, they were required to serve for an hour which they did. I had arrangements for the buffet table to remain for 1 hour longer for self serve guests that would be arriving later, well that never happened because she had her staff tear down the buffet line and they wrapped up all my food and left it in the kitchen. When a family member confronted her about it she simply said "there it is in the kitchen" and rudely walked away. Table settings were paid for and they couldn't even get that right! BEWARE of The Scottish Rite Cathedral! Beautiful building , but a very BITCHY event coordinator is what you will get! read more