COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The closure of a North Columbus event venue sent one central Ohio couple into a frenzy two months before their wedding.

Now, NBC4 Investigates is uncovering months of complaints that led to the City of Columbus stepping in.

The couple, Amber Touvell and Randall Bittner, booked the venue Studio 4980, sent the invitations, and paid in full. Two months before the wedding, an email changed everything. Studio 4980 let them know it was shutting down immediately. Issues with the venue date back to at least a year.

Touvell and Bittner plan to get married in September.

“I just was looking online and I just happened to come across this place,” Touvell said. “It had a pond. It's like an old house, 1800s, and I love old buildings, and it was just absolutely beautiful.”

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