Left us high and dry: Popular Halifax wedding venue shuts down amid financial woes – Halifax [Video]

It was the perfect venue, until it wasn’t.

Due to financial troubles, the Halifax Club has closed down — leaving couples that had weddings booked at the venue at loose ends.

Clients were informed at the beginning of February that the club would be closed for three months and refunds would not be reissued.

Adam Deutsch and his fiancée have $5,000 in deposits tied up at the Halifax Club and are now scrambling to find a new place to hold their May wedding.

“Even if they do open up May 1st, we then have to plan our entire wedding in 17 days. So it kind of left us high and dry,” he said.

“At this point we’ve kind of conceded to the fact that our wedding won’t be at the Halifax Club. But it would be very nice to have our money back.”

The venue, located in the heart of the city’s downtown, was founded in 1862 as …