Bridgeport: venues, access and capacity
Everything an organizer needs before committing a date in Bridgeport, Connecticut — 5 mapped venues, capacity where it is published, airport distance and local time.
John F. Kennedy Stadium states a capacity of 12,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
What Bridgeport has to put people in
Bridgeport has a recorded population of 151,599 (2024), inside the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT area of about 973,000 people.
Counted by what they are for, that is 3 arenas and stadiums and 2 theatres and concert halls.
That works out at about 3 venues per hundred thousand residents, so the field is thin relative to the population and the larger rooms book out a long way ahead.
By type that is 2 stadiums, 2 theatres and 1 arena.
Arenas and stadiums (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Stadium | stadium | 12,000 | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| Total Mortgage Arena | arena | 10,000 | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
| Campus Field | stadium | 3,334 | 6.5 km (4 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bijou Theatre | theatre | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Klein Memorial Auditorium | theatre | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Bridgeport 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 largest rooms on record
Nothing in Bridgeport is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 12,000 seats, at John F. Kennedy Stadium.
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.
Getting attendees to Bridgeport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is 78 km (48 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Local time is New York time (America/New_York) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
At about 9,437 residents per square mile the city is compact enough that a venue and its hotel block are usually walkable, which removes a shuttle line from your budget.
Stratford, Fairfield and City of Milford (balance) are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Bridgeport has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- JFK
- John F. Kennedy International Airport, 78 km (48 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 151,599
- 973,000 across the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Bridgeport dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so a trade floor needs either an arena floor, a fairground, or a nearby city. Check the arena listings above before you promise exhibitors a booth plan.
Arrival is a half-day
78 km (48 mi) from JFK 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
151,599 people live in Bridgeport itself, but about 973,000 live in the wider Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
What event67 costs for a Bridgeport event
A Bridgeport programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to John F. Kennedy Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
By event type
With a stated ceiling of 12,000 seats, Bridgeport can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 12,000-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 Bridgeport is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 12,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Bridgeport can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- award ceremonies
2 fixed-seat houses give you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of 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
What does an event app cost for a 950-person event in Bridgeport?
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 Bridgeport?
Of the 5 venues mapped in Bridgeport, the largest stated capacity belongs to John F. Kennedy Stadium at 12,000. 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.
Can you run a trade show in Bridgeport?
Nothing in the Bridgeport dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre. A trade floor here means an arena floor, a fairground or a venue in a nearby city such as Stratford. For a conference without an exhibition, the 5 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Bridgeport?
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 78 km (48 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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