Nampa Civic Center 311 3rd Street South, Nampa, ID 83651

"Great venue to catch a show. Very cozy atmosphere. Even though I called at 5 minutes to 5:00 my call was answered and they were very kind and took the time to help me in the right way."

"As one of the families that originally sponsored the opening of the Nampa Civic Center, it disheartens me to write this but I feel it's needed and warranted. Our dance community attends this center for many dance competitions of which we pay thousands yearly to attend. Each dance competition costs us $200-350 per event, per dancer and we are at this venue up to 10 times yearly. Recently, the Nampa Civic Center has enforced a strict "no outside food or drink" policy. And refers us to the vendors they have provided which consists of cheap, processed junk food for outrageous expense. For an event like a concert, or play, I could see enforcing this policy. But I can't for the life of me understand how they think child athletes, there for 10 hour days, dancing quite extensively all day, multiple days in a row should be expected to consume garbage for energy for the sake of shaking down parents another $50 on top of everything else we pay to be at this event. And now they have custodial police walking around, with a modicum of authority expanding their pea-brains accosting people asking them if the hot dog they're eating was bought here or brought in. I mean, it looks exactly like the garbage hot dogs you sell here, but I gotta prove I didn't sneak in this putrid looking lunch to get around your no-outside food or drink policy? Absolutely ridiculous. I will be campaigning HARD to get our studio out of doing any competitions at this venue next season unless the leadership comes to it's mind."

"Went to chocolate affaire, it was obvious all the center wanted was money. Booths were just set up anywhere there was space-short of the bathrooms. You know, you can always say sorry we're booked up, instead of you can set up in this hallway or that closet. I saw a gentleman with a walker who was having problems maneuvering around. If I had brought a friend, who's in a wheelchair, he would have constantly running people over. Okay, this maybe a popular event. If so, they really need to take that into account; walkways need to be more than 3 feet wide. All in all, most of it looked like a very poor afterthought. Especially when they put booths near an entrance door. All the people waiting in line or looking at the booths would have effectively blocked the door in case of a fire"

"Beware the contract! We were going to have our wedding in the theater. It would have been lovely. For $1380 We could have the space, the lights would be set up, we could control the sound from an ipad, and tables with linens would be set up behind the curtain for a reception. We were only planning on cake and toasts, with a dinner elsewhere, so it sounded perfect. That was from Clarissa, a lovely lady. After that, every time I tried to talk with someone, no one would answer. I always had to drive there to get information. The next time we went we were supposed to meet with Clarissa, but met with James instead. Now we needed a sound tech, a light tech, and we couldn't have the tables and linens unless we also booked something from the Catering staff, since they were in charge of all that. All of the sudden we are talking another 2-3000$ !!!! What a bait and switch.Then, as the day approached, we heard nothing. 2 weeks before the wedding Clarissa emails and politely says "Oh, do you have your timeline ready?" I had given up months before and booked a different venue. But wondered if I was even on the radar. They refused to give my deposit back, "because that was in the contract. It was non-refundable." I had given up working with them months before and luckily had booked another venue. Don't give them $ until you are sure of what are or are not getting!"

"Great place for an event! Lots of options depending on your event size and great staff! Highly recommended!!"