Seawell’s Moves Banquet Hall Back to South Carolina State Fairgrounds
Seawell’s, a Columbia catering staple that operated for over 80 years on Rosewood Drive, has moved its banquet hall back to the South Carolina State Fairgrounds, a location it previously occupied from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Columbia, SC, October 23, 2026 —
Seawell’s has moved its banquet hall back to the South Carolina State Fairgrounds, returning to a site where it previously operated from the 1970s through the 1990s.
The Columbia catering business operated on Rosewood Drive for more than 80 years, according to the information available about the move. The change concerns the banquet hall; no further details were provided about whether other parts of the business have moved or how its operations may be affected.
The move brings the hall back to a location associated with an earlier period in Seawell’s history. The available information does not provide the dates when the hall first opened at the fairgrounds or when it left, beyond placing its earlier presence there between the 1970s and 1990s.
No specific date for the return was provided. The reason for the move, the hall’s address or facilities at the fairgrounds, and details about events or services there were also not included. Information about any changes to bookings, staffing, or the business’s other locations was not provided.
Seawell’s is described as a Columbia catering staple, and its Rosewood Drive operation lasted more than eight decades. The reported return to the fairgrounds marks a change in the banquet hall’s location and a return to a site it occupied in the past. Further details about the transition were not available.
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