Aberdeen venues and what they hold
This guide covers 9 mapped venues in Aberdeen, Washington, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Olympic Stadium is the largest room on record at 9,000 seats.
Olympic Stadium states a capacity of 9,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Where Aberdeen holds a crowd
Aberdeen has a recorded population of 17,044 (2024), inside the Aberdeen, WA area of about 78,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 2 exhibition or convention halls, 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium and 5 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 53 venues per hundred thousand residents, which is a dense field for a city this size — you will usually have a second choice at the same capacity.
By type that is 5 event spaces, 1 stadium, 1 convention centre and 1 exhibition centre, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Shores Convention Center | convention centre | not published | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Destruction Island Lens Exhibit Hall | exhibition centre | not published | 24 km (15 mi) |
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach Resort & Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 40 km (25 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Stadium | stadium | 9,000 | 3.3 km (2.1 mi) |
Independent event spaces (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Theatre | event space | not published | 33 km (20 mi) |
| Events on Emerson | event space | not published | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
| 7th Street Theatre | event space | not published | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Masonic Temple-Hoquiam | event space | not published | 5.4 km (3.4 mi) |
| Simpson Plaza Events Center | event space | not published | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Aberdeen appears above. The ones with enough published detail to be worth reading have their own guide and are linked; the rest are named here, which is honest about what the record holds without giving each of them a page made of three facts.
Where an exhibition fits
2 venues in Aberdeen are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Ocean Shores Convention Centersize not published
- Destruction Island Lens Exhibit Hallsize not published
Capacities are the figure the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published. They are usually the seated maximum, and the same room in banquet or reception layout can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want before you plan around a number.
Flights, time and distance
McChord Field (TCM) is 103 km (64 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
The city runs on Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Olympia, Lacey and Lakewood are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Aberdeen has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- TCM
- McChord Field, 103 km (64 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles, in September
- City population, 2024
- 17,044
- 78,000 across the Aberdeen, WA area
The local constraints
Arrival is a half-day
103 km (64 mi) from TCM means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
The city is smaller than the market
17,044 people live in Aberdeen itself, but about 78,000 live in the wider Aberdeen, WA. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
A worked example, sized to Aberdeen
A Aberdeen programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Olympic Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Aberdeen dataset — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Aberdeen does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Which kind of event this suits
With a stated ceiling of 9,000 seats, Aberdeen can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Aberdeen without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
A 9,000-seat room carries a plenary with breakouts running alongside it.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination Aberdeen is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 9,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Aberdeen can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- US population figures are US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How much is event67 for a 950-attendee Aberdeen conference?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. The price is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
What is the largest venue in Aberdeen?
Of the 9 venues mapped in Aberdeen, the largest stated capacity belongs to Olympic Stadium at 9,000. Capacities in open data are the figure the venue itself published, and they are the seated number rather than a standing or exhibition figure, so confirm the layout you actually want before you plan around it.
Does Aberdeen have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Aberdeen, including Ocean Shores Convention Center and Destruction Island Lens Exhibit Hall. Exhibition halls are booked by floor area rather than by seat, so ask for the hall sheet with column spacing and load-in access rather than a capacity number.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Aberdeen?
McChord Field (TCM), about 103 km (64 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Los_Angeles; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Can I run a small Aberdeen event on event67 for nothing?
One live event with up to 50 activated attendees costs nothing. Beyond that it is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
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