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Congratulations!  I'm getting married in Brookfield, CT (outside of Danbury) but looked at the Hartford area and have been to a few weddings around there, too.  I guess it depends on what you want to spend but here are a few that I'm pretty sure can hold your guests - Farmington Club, Ann Howard at the Bond (this is in downtown, a big open ballroom at the top floor of an old hotel - we looked here but they book up fast because of their awesome prices!), Saint Clements Castle in Portland, the Bushnell in Hartford (I've seen awesome pictures from weddings here!), Wadsworth Mansion in MIddletown, Glastonbury Hills Country Club, Goodwin Hotel in Hartford... I could keep going, like debyeb27 said there are a ton of hotels in Hartford.  Good luck!

I had my engagement party at the Tower Ridge Country Club www.towerridgecc.com in Simsbury, CT- It was beautiful, scenic mountain views and they accomodated 200 people.  Also I wanted to do it at Mill on the River in South Windsor but 150 was too small for me- http://www.themillontheriver.com/.  Then there is always La Renaissance www.larenaissance.com, and Aquaturf. www.acquaturfclub.com.  All these places are common wedding places for my mom's friends (she still lives in CT, I have since moved to CA).  Hope this helps.