The organizers of last Friday’s Big Party were overwhelmingly pleased with the bash’s success, especially after months of tedious planning.

“I, personally, thought the Big Party went fantastically,” said ASSU President Hershey Avula ‘08 in an email to The Daily. “We had amazing turnout from students, and most people who I talked to after the event said that they had a great time.”

The ASSU not only funded the event — which was hosted by the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) at Columbae, Mars, Sigma Nu and Casa Italiana — but also served as the party’s sponsoring organization. The ASSU organized security and covered the costs of the bands and the DJs as well.

The Big Game Week Committee and the IFC also played crucial roles in planning the event.

Stacie Chan ‘10, who served as chair of the Big Game Week Committee, oversaw the hiring of the DJs, obtained approval from each of the four participating houses and collaborated between the different groups involved in organizing the night.

“An event of this magnitude involved an enormous amount of planning and coordinating,” Chan said in an email to The Daily. “Getting it approved and working out all the logistics was incredibly difficult, but, in the end, the party went on successfully.”

According to organizers, overcapacity was the only problem that arose during the event.

“In fact, so many students showed up to the party that we actually had to stop giving out entrance wristbands around midnight because of concerns with some of the houses being over capacity,” Avula said.

But the night’s overall success gave the planners hope that Big Party will become an annual tradition before Big Game.

“Thanks to the large turn-out and great planning by the ASSU and IFC, throwing the party next year will definitely be something on the ASSU’s agenda,” Chan said.

IFC President Kyle Ladewig ‘08 was optimistic as well.

“We got a very positive response from students who attended the party, and some went so far as to say it was the most fun party they’d been to at Stanford,” Ladewig said in an email to The Daily. “We hoped that this event would become a Stanford tradition, and I think we succeeded in doing so.”

Avula said the ASSU plans to hold another block party on the Row later this year, most likely during spring quarter.