Back in the day, the junior/senior prom for some people meant trekking it to the school gymnasium. Teams of students who made up the decoration committee would get together and pick a theme to deck out the school gym, auditorium, or maybe the local community center if they were really doing it up big.

That was then.

Nowadays, prom has stepped it up a notch, or two, or three. Prom is as much about the location as it is anything else. Prom locations have become extravagant and in some cases there is no decorating required — the location itself gives students most, if not all, the glitz and glam they need. Here's a look at some prom dates and locations for metro Atlanta high schools:

ATLANTA

Milton — March 15 — Freight Depot

North Springs — March 15 — King Plow Center

Northview — March 29 — Fox Theatre

Riverwood — March 29 — Biltmore

Alpharetta — April 26 — Lake Lanier

Chattahoochee — April 26 — Twelve Hotel in Atlantic Station

Banneker — April 25 — Hyatt Regency

Tri-Cities — May 2 — Georgia World Congress Center

Creekside — May 2 — Twelve hotel in Atlantic Station

Roswell — May 3 — Location to be announced

Westlake — May 16 — Fox Theatre

Centennial — May 17 — Fox Theatre

COBB COUNTY

Walton — March 14 — Carlos Hellenic Community Center

Hillgrove — March 15 — Villa Christina

Kell — March 15 — Cobb Galleria Ballroom

Sprayberry — March 15 — Fernbank Museum

Kennesaw Mountain — April 19 — The Foundry at Puritan Mill

McEachern — April 19 — Carlos Hellenic Community Center

Pebblebrook — April 19 — Twelve Hotel in Atlantic Station

GWINNETT COUNTY

Collins Hill — March 15 — AmericasMart

Dacula — April 26 — Gwinnett Civic Center

Grayson — April 19 — Fernbank Museum

Peachtree Ridge High — May 3 — Evergreen Conference Center, Stone Mountain Park

Berkmar — May 10 — The Metropolitan Club in Alpharetta

— AJC staffers Michelle Shaw, Laura Diamond and Sheila Garland contributed to this list.