The average wedding is more casual — think jeans over slacks, cowboy boots over dress shoes — than it used to be.

And at Geysers on the Terrace, one of the area’s most known wedding venues, the average wedding has a decidedly western flair.

“It’s more comfortable for people,” owner Lynn Lampe said. “Who in Cody, Powell, the Big Horn Basin doesn’t wear blue jeans every day? How many wear cowboy boots? That formality has changed a lot, but brides still do color coordination. And each reception looks different, style, setup, colors they used. The Terrace is wide open and big, so they can configure it multiple ways.”

And, Lampe said while she dutifully shows off the new Pantone Color of the Year each January during the wedding expos she hosts in the Big Horn Basin, brides already know the colors they want.

While those planning weddings may already have colors picked out, there are some other changes and new trends Lampe has seen in her nearly two decades hosting a wedding venue.

For one, live bands have become less popular in favor of DJs, Lampe said, as they have a much wider range of music they can play.

Many couples are also looking at the long game and, if a dinner is at 5 p.m., some are planning for the caterer to bring out something like nachos at 9 p.m. as a way for people to fill their stomachs to counter drinks. Of course, for those who’ve had too much, the Terrace can connect people with Tipsy Taxi service or even the Trolley to take them home or to their hotel.

Lampe has decades of experience hosting weddings. She and her husband Karl bought the building on Cody’s West Strip in 2005 and set to work remodeling. They hosted their first events in April of 2006. While they host a variety of local conventions and meetings, weddings have always been a mainstay.

“It’s definitely a building that lends itself to be a venue because it’s huge, we built a storage area and our kitchen allows us to cook for a lot of people,” she said. “We’ve always been very successful with weddings out there because it’s a beautiful building.”

Lampe said their wedding clientele is a mix of locals and those looking for more of a destination wedding, whether they’re coming from Greybull or New York. Those in the latter camp, she said, often plan for an outdoor wedding, with the Terrace interior offering a nice backup plan for the wedding as well as a nice spot for the reception.

The venue has survived and even thrived despite the bump of 2020 and pandemic fears, as Lampe said brides simply moved their weddings back a year to allow family members to attend. And Lampe adjusted her business, adding a food truck vendor every Monday night in the summer — a day many restaurants in town are closed. She said she’s even had a few brides ask about having food trucks at their wedding receptions.

While the wedding industry is mostly back to normal after the pandemic disruptions, Lampe said those planning weddings have become more budget conscious in a time of high inflation and an uncertain economy.

Even with people counting nickels and dimes, Lampe said each wedding still has its own unique charm. And, it helps that it’s already boasting a Western feel.

“Its such a beautiful building, brides don’t need to spend a lot on decor,” she said. “The building lends itself to western casual.”

And that’s just fine with wedding attendees, the brides in their dresses and boots, the grooms in their jeans, vests, boots and maybe even a cowboy hat.

My Wyoming Wedding Expo will be hosted by Geysers on the Terrace on Saturday, Jan. 28, noon-4 p.m.