Fort Mason Center 2 Marina Boulevard, Landmark Building C, Room 260 • San Francisco • California 94123-1382

Your rental at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco comes with the venue's own tables, chairs and a podium, and the Fort Mason team sets up and breaks down everything it rents. In Gallery 308, that's 350 banquet chairs and 25 60-inch rounds. Staging, AV, uplights and linens cost extra. In Gallery 308, for example, risers are $75 each, uplights are $25 each and linens run $15–$24 each. You'll also bring your own caterer and a licensed bar service.

Yes, you can hold your ceremony, cocktail hour and reception all on Fort Mason Center's 13-acre campus at 2 Marina Blvd, so nobody has to drive between venues. Gallery 308 is the go-to for both, with up to 250 guests at a seated dinner, Golden Gate Bridge views and a 2,000-square-foot bay-view patio. For a smaller group, the Firehouse seats 80 for dinner and opens onto a patio facing Alcatraz and Angel Island.

Yes, Fort Mason Center is an open campus, so you can bring any caterer you like, and there's a preferred vendor list if you'd like a head start. Your caterer needs a certificate of insurance naming Fort Mason Center, plus a fire permit for any cooking with electricity or an open flame. Alcohol works a little differently: it has to be served by a licensed beverage caterer carrying $1,000,000 in liquor liability insurance, under a U.S. Park Police permit the Fort Mason team helps you get.

At Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, the rental itself runs $4,200–$13,000, and the biggest factor is which space you book. The Firehouse is $4,200–$6,500 for a 10-hour rental, the Store House is $6,000–$8,500 for an 8-hour or all-day rental, and Gallery 308 is $13,000 for 10 hours. Within each range, the day of the week and the time of year move the price. Because you bring your own caterer and licensed bar service, food and drink sit on top of the rental. Plan for a few extras too: linens, staging, AV and uplights are priced separately, and you'll need event liability insurance of at least $500,000, plus $1,000,000 in liquor liability if alcohol is served.

Gallery 308 and the Firehouse at Fort Mason Center come with a 10-hour rental, and the Store House can be booked for 8 hours or all day, 7am–midnight. Your event needs to wrap 1 hour before your contract ends, and bar service stops 1.5 hours before. Amplified music is allowed indoors only. Outdoor sound needs Fort Mason's approval and has to stay under 85 decibels at Upper Fort Mason or the front gate.

Fort Mason Center gives you a waterfront wedding on a National Historic Landmark campus in San Francisco, and every event space looks out toward the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz or both. It's an open campus, so you choose your own caterer instead of working from an in-house menu. The range of sizes is rare, too: the Firehouse seats 80 for dinner, Gallery 308 seats 250, and the Festival Pavilion seats 1,000 for a big celebration, all on one 13-acre campus with more than 500 on-site parking spaces. Since your ceremony, cocktail hour and reception can all happen here, nobody has to leave between moments.

Yes, Fort Mason Center's Firehouse is made for smaller weddings: 1,188 square feet of column-free space that seats 80 for dinner and holds up to 120 for a reception. It opens onto a large patio with views of Alcatraz and Angel Island, and its 10-hour rental runs $4,200–$6,500. Fort Mason also recommends the Firehouse for rehearsal dinners and showers, so it's an easy fit for the rest of your wedding weekend.