Venetian Yacht Club times

Anyone else having their reception in the regency room? They are saying I would have my cocktail hour from 730-9. At first I was excited they were giving me an extra half hour, but now I am doing the math and that means my guests won’t sit down to eat until 9--with salad and pasta they won’t be eating their entree until 10pm right?

Has anyone experienced this? Does it sound worse than it was?

Probably more like 10:30pm. As a guest, I do find that a little annoying but I don't like to stay up late.
It is common though so you don't have to feel like you are the only one who does it like this.

It depends on your crowd. Maybe you can ask them if they can change it to 1 hour?