Conference venues in Aurora
What it takes to run an event in Aurora, Colorado: 18 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Denver International Airport is 20 km (12 mi) out.
Aurora Fox Arts Center states a capacity of 245. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Where Aurora holds a crowd
Aurora has a recorded population of 403,130 (2024), inside the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area of about 3.1 million people.
What is on the books here: 1 exhibition or convention hall, 5 dedicated conference and function spaces, 1 theatre or concert hall and 11 independent event spaces.
By type that is 11 event spaces, 4 hotels with function space, 1 performing-arts centre and 1 convention centre, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord Rockies Convention Center | convention centre | not published | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Conference and function space (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residence Inn by Marriott | hotel with function space | not published | 11 km (7 mi) |
| Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center | hotel with function space | not published | 0.9 km (0.6 mi) |
| Crowne Plaza Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 5.2 km (3.2 mi) |
| Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) |
| CCCS Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 4.7 km (2.9 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Fox Arts Center | performing-arts centre | 245 | 3.6 km (2.2 mi) |
Independent event spaces (11)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Confetti Events Place | event space | not published | 9.1 km (5.7 mi) |
| Dolce Event Center | event space | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| White Diamond | event space | not published | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
| Cottonwood Glen at Kiowa Creek | event space | not published | 35 km (22 mi) |
| The Lake House | event space | not published | 11 km (6.5 mi) |
| Montbello Civic Center | event space | not published | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) |
| B.E. Events | event space | not published | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Fitzsimmons Central Green | event space | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Paris Event Center | event space | not published | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
| Tavern on the Green Event Center (future) | event space | not published | 12 km (7.6 mi) |
| The Summit Event Center | event space | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Aurora 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.
Exhibition-scale rooms in Aurora
One venue in Aurora is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Gaylord Rockies Convention 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.
Arrival logistics
Denver International Airport (DEN) is 20 km (12 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Local time is Denver time (America/Denver) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Commerce City, Denver and Centennial are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Aurora has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DEN
- Denver International Airport, 20 km (12 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−6
- America/Denver, in September
- City population, 2024
- 403,130
- 3.1 million across the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area
Things that catch organizers out here
The ceiling is low
The largest stated capacity here is 245. Above that you are combining rooms, running sessions in shifts, or looking at Commerce City.
The city is smaller than the market
403,130 people live in Aurora itself, but about 3.1 million live in the wider Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
Pricing this against a real Aurora room
Suppose 250 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Aurora event sized to Aurora Fox Arts Center, the largest stated capacity in the Aurora dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 250activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 200billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $1,000for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Aurora does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
The largest published room holds 245, which puts Aurora in workshop, board retreat and community-meeting territory.
- trade shows and exhibitions
1 exhibition or convention hall means a booth plan is possible in Aurora 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 Aurora is set up for.
- award ceremonies
1 fixed-seat house gives you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of it.
- training days and workshops
5 purpose-built function spaces are the easiest kind of room to run a workshop in — the power and the load-in already assume it.
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
Price a Aurora event at 250 attendees — what is the total?
250 activated attendees means 200 billable after the free 50, so $1,000 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 Aurora?
Of the 18 venues mapped in Aurora, the largest stated capacity belongs to Aurora Fox Arts Center at 245. 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 Aurora have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Aurora, including Gaylord Rockies Convention 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 Aurora?
Denver International Airport (DEN), about 20 km (12 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Denver; 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.