Boardman venues and what they hold
What it takes to run an event in Boardman, Ohio: 12 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Pittsburgh International Airport is 68 km (42 mi) out.
The rooms you can book in Boardman
Boardman has a recorded population of 35,376, in Ohio.
What is on the books here: 2 exhibition or convention halls, 3 dedicated conference and function spaces, 1 arena or stadium and 6 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 34 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 6 event spaces, 2 banquet halls, 2 fairgrounds and 1 arena, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canfield Fairgrounds | fairground | not published | 7.8 km (4.8 mi) |
| Columbiana County Fairgrounds | fairground | not published | 28 km (18 mi) |
Conference and function space (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Anthony's Banquet Center | banquet hall | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Drakes Landing Banquet Center | banquet hall | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Waypoint 4180 | conference centre | not published | 5.4 km (3.4 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building 8 - Show Coliseum | arena | not published | 8.1 km (5 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustic Meadow Farms | event space | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Avion on the Water | event space | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Building 36 - Michael Kusalaba Fund of the Youngstown Foundation Event Center | event space | not published | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) |
| Kenneth F. McMahon Hall | event space | not published | 8.4 km (5.2 mi) |
| Royal Renee's | event space | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| The Barn at Firestone Farms | event space | not published | 16 km (9.8 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Boardman 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 Boardman
2 venues in Boardman are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Canfield Fairgroundssize not published
- Columbiana County Fairgroundssize 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.
Travel, time zone and arrival
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is 68 km (42 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Boardman keeps New York time (America/New_York), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Youngstown, Warren and Kent are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Boardman has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- PIT
- Pittsburgh International Airport, 68 km (42 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population
- 35,376
- GeoNames (cities15000)
Things that catch organizers out here
No published capacities
Not one Boardman 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.
Arrival is a half-day
68 km (42 mi) from PIT means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
Pricing this against a real Boardman room
Take 240 people through the door in Boardman — a mid-sized Boardman programme, since no Boardman 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 Boardman does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
No capacity is published for any Boardman venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Boardman 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 Boardman is set up for.
- training days and workshops
3 purpose-built function spaces are the easiest kind of room to run a workshop in — the power and the load-in already assume it.
- leadership retreats
Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Boardman has them.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- 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
What does an event app cost for a 240-person event in Boardman?
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 Boardman hold?
No Boardman venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 12 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 Boardman have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Boardman, including Canfield Fairgrounds and Columbiana County Fairgrounds. 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 Boardman?
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), about 68 km (42 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/New_York; 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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