Wedding Photographers & Videographers at ARMCO Park, Slippery Rock

A wedding at ARMCO Park in Slippery Rock happens in a park the YMCA has run for generations, and the star of it is the Historic Dance Hall, a rustic hall with white mini lights strung across the ceiling. Its attached deck looks out over the park, which gives your photographer and wedding videographer an easy spot for wedding photos with trees and lawn behind you, and a natural place for cocktail hour.

Your wedding package covers both your wedding ceremony and your reception, and it runs from Friday at noon to Sunday at noon, so you can set up the day before and clean up the day after. Along with the Dance Hall, the package includes the outdoor Cabana Lounge and three shelters around the park, which gives you choices for where guests gather and where pictures happen. Ask the park office where couples usually hold the ceremony and what the plan is if it rains.

The Dance Hall holds 250 guests, and forty tables with chairs for all of them are included. There's a serving area inside, a catering kitchen nearby, plus restrooms and Wi-Fi, and you're free to bring any caterer, florist, DJ or bartender you like (the park keeps a list of preferred vendors if you want ideas). Parking is free. The deck is set up for yard games, and the mini lights overhead make the first dance glow on your wedding video. Since you have the whole weekend, your wedding day itself doesn't need to start with a rush.

• Call the park to check dates; a deposit reserves your weekend.
• Walk through the hall and out to the deck and shelters with your photographer before the day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines, plus decoration and alcohol rules.

A little about ARMCO Park

ARMCO Park has operated since 1934 and is owned and run by the Butler County Family YMCA. In summer it's also a community park with an outdoor pool, a playground and a game room.