Ballroom

A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces, especially historic mansions and palaces, contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses, a large room such as the main drawing room, long gallery, or hall may double as a ballroom, but a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring, such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble or stone).^{[citation needed]}. For most styles of modern dance, a wooden sprung floor offers the best surface.

In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance, the Top Rank Suites in the United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing.

Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing, as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing. The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have a ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry well throughout the whole room.

A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball, where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls, and a new floor, level with the stage, is built.

Sometimes ballrooms have stages in the front of the room where the host or a special guest can speak. That stage can also be used for instrumentalists and musical performers.

List of hardwood US floor ballrooms

This list only includes ballrooms with permanent wood floors. The size of the floor only includes the largest contiguous area without obstructions. The websites and materials about some places add up multiple spaces, rooms, and balconies, and floors. However, this list ranks ballrooms based on the size of one single open space with a hardwood floor.

Currently Existing Hardwood Floor Ballrooms in the United States
Name	Location	Size (sq. ft.)	Year	Reference
Coliseum Ballroom	Sandusky, Ohio	20,000^[1]	1907	Amusement Park site Video
Aragon Ballroom	Chicago, Illinois	20,000^[2]	1926	Official site
Sunnybrook Ballroom	Pottstown, Pennsylvania	15,200	1931	Official site
Casino Ballroom	Avalon, California	14,000	1929	[No Site]
Palladium	Waikiki, Hawaii	11,000	1990	[No Site]
Cotillion Ballroom	Wichita, Kansas	11,000	1960^[3]	Official site
Val Air Ballroom	Des Moines, Iowa	8,750^[4]	1961	Official site
Spanish Ballroom	Glen Echo, Maryland	7,500	1933	Official site
Hollywood Ballroom	Silver Spring, Maryland	7,200^[5]	????	Official site
Elite Hall	Hyrum, Utah	7,000^[6]	1917	Official site
Surf Ballroom	Clear Lake, Iowa	6,300	1948	Official site
Anhalt Hall	Spring Branch, Comal County, Texas	6,300^[7]	1908	Official site
Country Club Ballroom, Biltmore Hotel	Coral Gables, Florida	6,200^[8]	1926	Official site
Hammerstein Ballroom	Manhattan, New York	6,100^[9]	1906	Official site
Vasa Park Ballroom	Bellevue, Washington	6,000	????	Official site
Willowbrook Ballroom	Willow Springs, Illinois	6,000	1921	Official site
Vanity Ballroom	Detroit, Michigan	5,600^[10]^[11]	1929	No site^[12]
Schroeder Hall	Victoria, Texas	5,000	1890	Official site
Swiss Alp Hall	Swiss Alp, Texas	5,000	1899	Official site
Electric Park Ballroom	Waterloo, Iowa	5,103^[13]	1936	Official site
Crystal Ballroom	Portland, Oregon	3,600^[14]	1914	Official site
Melody Grand Ballroom	Portland, Oregon	3,500	1925	Official site
Historic Ballroom	Twin Falls, Idaho	3,170	1922	Official site^{[permanent dead link]}
Grand Palladian Ballroom at The Semple Mansion	Minneapolis, Minnesota	3,000^[15]	1880s–1890s	Official site
Elks Tower Ballroom	Sacramento, California	2,400	????	Official site
Fullerton Ballroom	Fullerton, California	2,145	1927	Official site
Lakeside Ballroom	Guttenberg, Iowa	????	1927	Official site
Oak Ballroom	Schuyler, Nebraska	????	1929	Official site Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback Machine [9]
Cain's Ballroom	Tulsa, Oklahoma	11,000^[16]	1924	Official site
Diamond Ballroom	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	????	1964	Official site

References

^ This rough estimate is based upon photos and not from measurements. Two unofficial pages say that the ballroom is 45,000 square feet, and that the building itself is 300 ft x 150 ft. [1] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine From pictures Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, the dancable area without columns is currently smaller than the building although very large. It was billed as the "Largest Dancing Pavilion on the Great Lakes," in David Nasaw, Going out: the rise and fall of public amusements,(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 90.
^ [3] Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine [4] Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine [5] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Cotillion – Concerts and Events in Wichita, Kansas – Home". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-09-08.[6] Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ "iowaballroom.com/p/act/valair.html" (PDF). valairballroom.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
^ "Event Rentals at Hollywood Ballroom Dance Center, Silver Spring, MD". hollywoodballroomdc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
^ The building is 70' x 122' but the dance floor sits in from the walls approximately four feet and is raised up a few inches. 62' X 116' = 7192
^ "Austin TX entertainment, events, food, movies, music | Austin360.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
^ Lisa Light, Destination Bride, (Georgetown, ON: North Light Books, 2005), p. 170.
^ estimate based on architectural drawing Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Savage, Rebecca Binno; Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 98–104 Although this page says just 5,000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Connecticut Flooring Contractors". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
^ Not open to the public
^ 81' x 63' http://www.iowaballroom.com/p/act/ep_wloo.html Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ The floor is definitely larger, but the size is irregular. This estimate is based on this floor plan Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ [7] Archived 2011-08-04 at the Wayback Machine [8] Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ capacity of 6,000 people Ralph G. Giordano, Country & Western Dance, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010 p.42-3.

External links

[1] This rough estimate is based upon photos and not from measurements. Two unofficial pages say that the ballroom is 45,000 square feet, and that the building itself is 300 ft x 150 ft. [1] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine From pictures Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, the dancable area without columns is currently smaller than the building although very large. It was billed as the "Largest Dancing Pavilion on the Great Lakes," in David Nasaw, Going out: the rise and fall of public amusements,(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 90.

[2] [3] Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine [4] Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine [5] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "The Cotillion – Concerts and Events in Wichita, Kansas – Home". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-09-08.[6] Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "iowaballroom.com/p/act/valair.html" (PDF). valairballroom.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-14.

[5] "Event Rentals at Hollywood Ballroom Dance Center, Silver Spring, MD". hollywoodballroomdc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-01.

[6] The building is 70' x 122' but the dance floor sits in from the walls approximately four feet and is raised up a few inches. 62' X 116' = 7192

[7] "Austin TX entertainment, events, food, movies, music | Austin360.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.

[8] Lisa Light, Destination Bride, (Georgetown, ON: North Light Books, 2005), p. 170.

[9] stimate based on architectural drawing Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Savage, Rebecca Binno; Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 98–104 Although this page says just 5,000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

[11] "Connecticut Flooring Contractors". Retrieved 2 December 2023.

[12] Not open to the public

[13] 81' x 63' http://www.iowaballroom.com/p/act/ep_wloo.html Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine

[14] The floor is definitely larger, but the size is irregular. This estimate is based on this floor plan Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

[15] [7] Archived 2011-08-04 at the Wayback Machine [8] Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine

[16] ty of 6,000 people Ralph G. Giordano, Country & Western Dance, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010 p.42-3.

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