The only Balls (for dancing) that are cared about or spoken of these days are the ones held for High School Seniors

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1. The Ackerman Grand Ballroom hosted a lot of activities.

It's not just for dancing.

Large accumulations of invitees. Receptions. Speeches for large crowds. Went to a sci-fi/fantasy conference there, got to talk to William Gibson, get taught about Foley artists and play with some Foley gear. Once attended a meeting that became a huge protests. It's a great place for having a ton of students go for orientation.

You know, no dancing at those. Guess the organizers and the Union folk didn't get the edict.

The Hilton ballroom a bit south of me has dancing for HS proms. But it also hosts business conferences, academic conferences, all sorts of things--the plenums, not the workshops. A school district multipurpose center's the same--it's been used as a ballroom (it can be rented by community groups and individuals, just as my high school cafeteria's rented by a 7th-day observant group when the church it usually rents is busy on shabbat), but mostly it's used for large group sessions for teacher professional development, trainings by publishers, to showcase student talent ...

Again, not much dancing.

Think of it as an "event center".