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A large event hall at night, dressed for a reception with stage lighting
Sheet A-100 · General arrangement
Gurara Pavilion · Katampe Extension

Six hundred guests, no pillars, and the lights never go out.

A column-free hall of 1,092 m² under a 7.2-metre ceiling, on Katampe Extension. Two generators change over in eight seconds, so the band does not stop and the photographs do not end. Set your layout and guest count below and the floor plan will draw itself.

A grand hall under chandeliers, laid for a formal dinner
Internal span42.0 × 26.0 mColumn-free, clear
Ceiling7.2 mRigging points at 6.0 m
Seated capacity600Banquet rounds of ten
Standing1,200Cocktail reception
Parking180 carsPlus valet stacking

The room, in numbers

Sheet A-101 · Specification

Most venues in this city will send you photographs and a price. Here are the numbers your planner, your caterer and your production company will ask for on the first phone call — so you can send them this page instead of chasing us.

Power — primary500 kVA

Soundproofed, on site. Grid is treated as a bonus, never as the plan.

Power — backup200 kVA

Automatic changeover in eight seconds. Tested every Monday morning.

Three-phase supply63 A × 4

At stage left, stage right and both rear corners for production.

Air conditioning120 tons

Ducted, zoned in four. Brought down to 22 °C two hours before doors.

Rigging capacity2,400 kg

Distributed across twelve certified points. Load plan required 14 days out.

KitchenFinishing

Hot-hold and plating only. Your caterer cooks off site — we are not a hotel.

Bridal suite38 m²

Private entrance, mirrors, steamer, its own washroom and air conditioning.

Green room24 m²

For the band or the speakers. Separate from the bridal suite, deliberately.

Washrooms18 + 4

Eighteen cubicles, four accessible. Attended throughout your event.

Draw your own floor plan

Sheet A-102 · Layouts & capacities

Tell it what you are hosting and how many are coming. The plan below redraws to scale, tells you honestly whether it fits, prices the date you pick, and hands the whole thing to us on WhatsApp. This is the same drawing we give your planner.

01 · What are you hosting?
02 · How many guests?
03 · Layout

04 · Pick a date
Struck through = already booked
Venue hire, that date Pick a date

Saturdays carry the peak rate. Fridays and Sundays are meaningfully cheaper, and weekdays are cheaper again.

Banquet rounds
Built fabric Your furniture Dance floor Scale 1:250 at A3

What the hire price actually covers

Sheet A-103 · Scope

The most expensive words in the Nigerian events business are "that's extra". Here is the line, drawn clearly, so your budget survives contact with the invoice.

Included, always

Both generators and their dieselUp to 14 hours. We do not meter fuel back to you.

Tables and chiavari chairs to your planUp to 600 seats, plus linen in white or ivory.

Air conditioning, pre-cooledRunning from two hours before doors to the last guest.

House sound and stage lightingEnough for speeches and a DJ. A live band will want more.

Bridal suite and green roomFrom load-in on the day, not from doors.

Eight security personnel and a car marshalPlus washroom attendants throughout.

Load-in from 07:00 the previous dayYour decorator gets a full night, at no charge.

Cleaning, before and afterIncluding the car park.

Not included — told to you now

CateringBring your own. We hold a list of eleven caterers we trust, and take no commission from any of them.

Décor, drapery and floralsAny decorator you like. No "preferred vendor" fee here.

Corkage on your own drinks₦2,500 a bottle for wine, ₦4,000 for spirits. Soft drinks and water are free of corkage.

Production beyond house rigLED walls, line arrays and moving heads come through your supplier.

Overnight extension past 01:00₦350,000 an hour, agreed in advance, subject to the estate curfew.

Refundable damage deposit₦500,000, returned within five working days of the walk-round.

Round tables laid with linen and florals under warm light
Build day · 16:40480 covers · rounds of ten

House rules, published

Sheet A-104 · Operations

Every one of these exists because of something that has gone wrong at a venue somewhere. Read them before you book, not the week of your event.

Load in07:00, the day before

Decorators get the whole night. Trucks use the rear gate off the service road, never the guest entrance.

Load outBy 02:00, or 10:00 next day

Whichever you prefer. Anything left after 10:00 is stored and charged at ₦75,000 a day.

Music curfewOutdoor 22:30 · indoor 01:00

The estate is residential. Outdoor amplification stops at 22:30 and that one is not negotiable.

FireworksCold sparklers only

Indoor pyrotechnics of any other kind are refused. The rigging and the drapery are the reason.

Deposit40% to hold the date

Balance 21 days before. Dates are released, without exception, if the balance is late.

Moving your dateOnce, free, 60+ days out

Inside 60 days we will still try, but only into a date that has not been sold.

Guest numbersConfirmed 14 days out

That is when the chairs, linen and staffing are ordered. Numbers can rise after, not fall.

Site visitsTue–Thu, by appointment

We do not show the hall on a Friday or Saturday. Someone else's wedding is being built in it.

The same room, four ways

Sheet A-105 · Precedent
A couple in Nigerian traditional wedding attire
Traditional ceremony, 480 guests · banquet rounds with a raised high table
A hall laid out with rows of chairs for a conference
Corporate conference, 620 delegates · theatre with centre aisle
Long banquet tables dressed with florals under warm light
Gala dinner, 300 guests · long tables, house rig only
A bright empty hall set with round tables and high ceilings
The hall at 09:00 on a build day · everything you see is put there by your suppliers, not ours
Sheet A-106 · Enquiry

Come and stand in it.

Photographs flatten a room this size. Site visits run Tuesday to Thursday, take about forty minutes, and we will walk you through the plan you built above with the actual dimensions under your feet. Bring your planner if you have one.

Telephone0814 909 2277 WhatsApp0814 909 2277 Emaildates@gurarapavilion.ng
AddressPlot 9, Katampe Extension, Abuja
Site visitsTue – Thu, 10:00 – 16:00
OfficeMon – Fri, 09:00 – 18:00
Held dates40% deposit, balance at 21 days
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