Bob Adolfson, owner of Glover Mansion Events LLC, says he is moving the name of the scene and the hotel company and has a plan to grow business after recently selling the name of the historic Glover Mansion company he has owned and operated since 2004.
“We are continuing,” he says about business and food business operations. “We have two other places: Chateau Rive at the Flour Events and Spokane Valley, both for long -term rent.”
Through a contract with the city of Spokane, the company is also the exclusive supplier for event in the three places of Riverfront Park, Pavilion, Carousel Looff and Rabbon Numerica Skate.
Speaking forward, the umbrella for business will be the Red Rock Catering & Events, which is based on the center of the events of the Spokane Valley, in 10514 E. Sprague, in the former University of the city.
The 8,000 -square -foot -square -meter spokane Valley event, which the company has operated since 2014, will also be reassessed within the next few weeks, he says.
“We have not yet made a decision on the exact brand for the Valley Center, but we are concluding that decision.”
Adolfson says the remodeling work is taking place in the valley to make it more friendly with marriage.
“We’re changing the whole look of the country,” he says.
The project is designed to give the center a softer view, and improvements include the new lighting package, new painting, audio-visual improvements and finishing work.
Red Rock Catering is acting as its contractor on the project, and Mint Interiors Studio LLC, spokane, designed it.
Adolfson refuses to discover the cost of the project, but says it is being divided between Catering Red Rock and its owner, Coeur D’Alene based on University City Inc.
“We will be done with that remodeling soon,” he says. “The last part is the external painting. It will have to wait for warm and dry weather. “
Improvements are also planned in Chateau Rive, a 5,200 -square -foot place in the historic flour mill building at 621 W. Mallon, in the Northern Bank of Spokane, where the Red Rock Catering has also provided events services for more than a decade.
“We are in the process of negotiations in the flour mill to make (tenant improvements) and extend our rent,” he says. “Lights and a new floor are on a list of things that will improve the object.”
Adolfson says catering and events operations have an average staff level of about 30 employees a year.
“We have seven full -time employees, and the rest are part -time servers and calls, bartenders and culinary people,” he adds. “Last year, it grew up to about 42 people.”
The first trimester of the year is the slowest season, and the middle of the middle of the middle of the middle, he says. Costs to rent the places depend heavily on the day of the week and date.
Chateau Rive wedding packages start with $ 7,000, including rent and food and drinks in the outside season, and the costs in the peak season increase to $ 12,000 to $ 14,000.
Beyond the provision of country and catering services, the Red Rock Catering offers events planning and will help create and operate audio-visual equipment, special lighting and entertainment equipment.
A growing wedding majority have a ceremony and a reception in the same place, he says.
“In 2004, about two -thirds had ceremonies in the country,” he says. “Now, it’s easily 90%.”
He says having the ability to maintain internal/external events is essential to that trend, though after October, Glover residence, which had provided internal/external opportunities, will no longer be part of the business.
Two dozen marriage events already planned until October will not be affected by the sale, he says.
“Chateau has it,” Adolfson says of internal/external options. “There is no valley, but it has two rooms for the ceremony and reception.”
The center of the Spokane Valley events can provide seats for 450 people and auditorium style upholstery for 600 people.
Chateau Rive has an internal landing capacity of 200 and outdoor seats for up to 250 people.
While Adolfson expects to attract more weddings at the center of Valley Spokane, she has been more active so far in receiving business and corporate events than other countries.
“In Chateau Rive, the wedding is about 60% of the business, and I expect this will remain the same,” he says.
The peak season for the wedding goes from April to October, and the peak season for corporate events is in spring and fall.
December, however, is a narrow rival with peak seasons due to a combination of weddings and holiday events, he says.
Adolfson refuses to discover income, but says it is on the rise.
“We’ve grown every year since leaving Covid,” he says. “We are demanding that the year grow 10% to 15% above 2024. We are optimistic, especially for the growth we will get from the center of the Spokane Valley events.”
Adolfson says it was a bitter decision to sell Mansion Glover, having owned him for more than 20 years.
“The residence required a lot of attention,” he says. “He was 137 and it took a lot of time, effort and money. She was becoming increasingly difficult to get enough (business) in the mansion to justify it.”
Glover residence, a structure of nearly 14,000 square meters, Tudor Rilindja at 321 W. Eigh was created by the famous architect Kirtland Cutter and built in 1888 for James Glover, who founded the City of Spokan and served as its second mayor.
The sale of residence will enable the Red Rock Catering to focus more on its essential business, says Adolfson.
“We are really excited about our new direction, especially in the Valley, and building that business,” he says. “Once the work is done in both buildings, we will easily do the loss of sales in the residence.”