Picking a venue from the public catalog

Turtini ships with a shared catalog of major event venues — convention centers, hotel ballrooms, performing arts centers, stadiums, and more across the US and internationally. Picking one means you skip designing a floor plan from scratch.

To pick a venue:
1. Open the catalog at /venues (or browse Marketplace → Venues)
2. Filter by city, country, category, or minimum capacity
3. Click a venue card to see the full profile: photos, amenities, capacity by layout type, floor plans
4. Click "Use this venue" — you'll be prompted to attach it to an existing event or create a new one
5. The venue's canonical floor plan loads as the background of the event's Layout tab; you place tables/booths/AV on top as overlays

What you can do from a venue profile:
• Pin it to your org's "recently used venues" for faster access
• Send an inquiry to the venue's claimed org (their event manager replies in-thread)
• Save your overlay setup as a named template for recurring events ("Our Annual Gala — Reception")
• Inherit live updates — if the venue updates their floor plan, your overlays stay anchored to the same rooms

The catalog is a primitive — venues you pick remain canonical records; your overlays + saved templates are private to your org.