Collin County
Wedding sparklers in Allen
Allen weddings lean toward newer venues and hotel ballrooms, so the send-off is usually outdoors in a car park or a courtyard. Worth knowing before you choose a length.
- From the shop40 minutes
- Distance34 miles
- Routenorth-west via US-380
Pickup or delivery from Allen
A clean run via US-380. Most Allen couples take the delivery instead of making the round trip twice in a wedding week.
Free pickup off I-30 in Caddo Mills, any day from 8am to midnight. Free delivery in the Dallas area on orders of $100 or more. Fort Worth delivery is $25.
What Allen venues tend to be like
Newer builds, mostly. Event centres, hotel ballrooms, a few country clubs. The ceremony is indoors and the exit happens in a landscaped courtyard or the car park, which is fine, but check whether the venue counts that ground as theirs or the shopping centre's.
28 inch, generally. A courtyard exit is shorter than a field one and the extra length goes unused.
Check the Collin County burn ban before an outdoor send-off
Allen sits in Collin County. In Texas the county commissioners court issues burn bans under Local Government Code §352.081, not the city and not your venue. During a dry spell most of the state sits under one.
Whether a ban covers hand-held sparklers comes down to the wording of that county's order, and the orders differ. We will not tell you your send-off is fine when the answer varies by jurisdiction. Two minutes of checking settles it.
- Look up Collin County on the Texas A&M Forest Service burn ban map.
- If there is an active ban, read the order or call the county. Ask about hand-held sparklers specifically, not "fireworks".
- Tell your venue what you found. A coordinator who has not checked will thank you.
Texas A&M Forest Service burn ban map
Violating a county burn ban is a Class C misdemeanour. This is general information about how the orders work, not legal advice about your event.
Ask your venue two questions
Before you pick a length, ask your Allen coordinator whether sparklers are permitted and whether there is a maximum. Those two answers decide the order. Venues vary widely: some allow 36 inch without comment, some cap at 20, some say no.
Tell us which venue you are using and we will tell you what we have seen there. If we do not know, we will say so instead of guessing.
What Allen couples order
Questions from Allen
Questions
How long does it take to get sparklers from Allen?
We are about 40 minutes from Allen, north-west via US-380 from the shop at 5159 I-30, Caddo Mills. Most orders are ready the same day or within 24 hours, so collecting is one round trip.
Do you deliver to Allen?
Yes. Free delivery in the Dallas area on orders of $100 or more. Fort Worth delivery is $25. Delivery orders start at $100, and pickup is free from $50. A clean run via US-380. Most Allen couples take the delivery instead of making the round trip twice in a wedding week.
Will my Allen venue allow sparklers?
Ask your coordinator before you order, and ask two things. Whether sparklers are permitted at all, and whether there is a maximum length. A venue that caps at 20 inches has chosen your product for you. If the answer is no outdoors as well as in, better to find that out now than on the day.
How many will I need?
Roughly one per guest who lines up, plus about ten per cent for the ones that will not catch. The calculator does the arithmetic.