Putting on an event in Alabaster
Alabaster, Alabama has 3 mapped venues in this dataset. Here is the shape of them, who they suit, and what an event67 rollout costs once you have picked one.
Where Alabaster holds a crowd
Alabaster has a recorded population of 34,460 (2024), inside the Birmingham, AL area of about 1.2 million people.
The mapped inventory is 1 exhibition or convention hall and 2 independent event spaces.
By type that is 2 event spaces and 1 exhibition centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County Exhibition Center | exhibition centre | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
Independent event spaces (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gathering Space | event space | not published | 52 km (32 mi) |
| Magic Moments | event space | not published | 33 km (20 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Alabaster 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.
The halls that take a trade floor
One venue in Alabaster is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Shelby County Exhibition Centersize 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.
How people reach Alabaster
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) is 36 km (22 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Local time is Chicago time (America/Chicago) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Hoover, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Alabaster has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- BHM
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 36 km (22 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 34,460
- 1.2 million across the Birmingham, AL area
What to check before you commit
No published capacities
Not one Alabaster venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page. Every room on the list will quote you a number directly, but you cannot compare them before you call, so build a fortnight of venue calls into the plan.
The city is smaller than the market
34,460 people live in Alabaster itself, but about 1.2 million live in the wider Birmingham, AL. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
The bill for a Alabaster programme
Take 240 people through the door in Alabaster — a mid-sized Alabaster programme, since no Alabaster venue publishes a capacity in open data. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $950for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Alabaster does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
What sort of event fits here
No capacity is published for any Alabaster venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
1 exhibition or convention hall means a booth plan is possible in Alabaster without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
The exhibition space here doubles as plenary space when the floor is cleared.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination Alabaster is set up for.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates
- 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
Price a Alabaster event at 240 attendees — what is the total?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 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.
How big an event can Alabaster hold?
No Alabaster venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 3 venues are mapped here and each will quote a capacity directly. Ask for the seated, theatre and reception figures separately — they differ by a factor of two or more in the same room.
Does Alabaster have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Alabaster, including Shelby County Exhibition Center. 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 Alabaster?
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), about 36 km (22 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Chicago; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
What happens under 50 attendees?
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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Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.