Do i have a small claims case against my venue?

I got married in April, 2023, my husband and I had this venue booked for over 2 years. This venue is on the sixth floor of a hotel and the venue has a lease with the hotel to use the space. The week of the wedding comes up and we have a rehearsal scheduled at the venue 2 days before the wedding. At the rehearsal we realize that it is extremely hot, so I text the owner of the venue telling him that it is extremely hot and if we can we get the air conditioning on. I then ask the person working in the lobby of the hotel about the air conditioning and they tell me that the AC is completely broken and they don’t know when it’s getting fixed. The venue owner texts me back hours later telling me that the AC does work and he doesn’t know why the hotel workers would tell me that they didn’t. The next day we went to the venue to set up some decorations and it is still extremely hot! I text the venue owner and he tells me that the AC is broken and he’s been trying to get it fixed for days and that it probably won’t get fixed by the next day which is the day of the wedding. He calls me and tells me he’s so sorry and that he will make sure my entire wedding is refunded. The wedding day goes by and it was extremely hot, my guests were so uncomfortable, most didn’t come back for the reception, and everyone left early. I even had a family member faint due to the heat. After the wedding I get an email from the venue owner again saying he’s sorry and that the hotel where the venue was located has now been shut down and the venue is closed. He tells me that they are filing a lawsuit against the hotel owner for breaking their lease and ruining 2 weddings due to the AC not working. It has now been 5 months and after several emails to them they keep telling that they cannot give me a refund yet because they don’t have the funds, the venue is closed, and because they are still working on the lawsuit. Can I file a small claims case for my refund?