Just threw a party at the Bradenton Rec Center. I went to the Recreation department to get a room, here's the scoop. The card room (small room) in Village Rec centers are free as long as all guests are residents or have guest ID. You are charged a fee to use the large room at the Village Rec Centers, unless you are an official club. All rooms at Regional Rec Centers are charge a fee unless you are an official club. They asked if there were any non-residents attending the party. When I said yes, relatives from MA were coming, I was told that was okay because they would have a valid guest ID.

So......we had around 30 people in the card room which was plenty big for us. Most were residents and a few were relatives from MA. No charge for the room. We had to set up and clean up the room and put the tables and chairs back in place before we left.

Our neighborhood social uses the large room at a Village Rec Center and we do not pay because we are a recognized club. We could also use (and we have) rooms in the Regional Rec Center at no charge.

I hope this clears it up.