Local school districts out thousands after scheduling prom at Noah’s Event Center

CRANBERRY, Pa. — The abrupt closure of two local event venues has left many couples out thousands of dollars and scrambling to find a new place to hold their wedding.

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Additionally, two local school districts had already made a deposit to hold prom at the area locations.

A message posted on the company’s website to affected couples said:

"Dear Clients,

The bankruptcy court managing our case has directed NOAH’S to cease operations immediately. This means that NOAH’S as the current operator will no longer be able to host your event, but you will be eligible to file for an administrative claim. Additionally, many building owners are willing to host events and are looking for new operators that can honor your event contracts.

NOAH’S has worked extremely hard to reorganize operations in order to continue hosting events, however negative publicity, along with the court order, has made it impossible to continue current operations. Over the last 13 years NOAH’S has hosted over 10,000 events including hundreds of couples who, with short notice, had lost their event date at other venues. We were always willing and happy to assist these couples and feel confident that your community of vendors will do likewise.

If you are interested in still hosting your event at your reserved location, even though NOAH’S will not be the management and servicing company please email us at operations@noahseventvenue.com. Please include in the subject line your location, event date and event type.

Sincerely,

NOAH Corporation"

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Fort Cherry was one of the school districts impacted. Superintendent Jill Jacoby sent Channel 11 the following statement:

"Each year our prom committee and senior student body chose a location for the prom. Our seniors were extremely excited about their selection this year. The students knew at the onset, they would need to fulfill more fundraising than typical due to the venue’s price point. However, our eager students were up to the challenge.

As of today, our students through fundraising have already paid $3420 to the venue.

Fort Cherry is a small rural School District and our students take pride in fundraising as a class to offset the cost of the event so anyone from the student body is able to afford a ticket and attend a memorable night with friends. As a District, our students, staff, and parents are disappointed to hear the news related to the closing of this venue. At this time, we are unsure of the ability to gain our deposit back, but will be diligent and try our best to recover our student’s hard earned money while a new venue is being chosen."

Channel 11′s Jillian Hartmann reached out to the attorney general’s office to find out what customers can do and got the following response:

“We have two complaints. Concerned consumers should dispute their charges with their respective credit card companies and file a complaint with our office.”

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