Putting on an event in Clemson
This guide covers 24 mapped venues in Clemson, South Carolina, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Memorial Stadium, Clemson is the largest room on record at 81,500 seats.
Memorial Stadium, Clemson states a capacity of 81,500. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Venues in Clemson, by what they are for
Clemson has a recorded population of 18,610 (2024), inside the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC area of about 997,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 4 dedicated conference and function spaces, 6 arenas and stadiums and 14 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 129 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 14 event spaces, 4 stadiums, 4 conference centres and 2 arenas.
Conference and function space (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
| Georgia Baptist Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Madren Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Memorial Auditorium | conference centre | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Stadium, Clemson | stadium | 81,500 | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
| Littlejohn Coliseum | arena | 10,000 | 0.9 km (0.6 mi) |
| Doug Kingsmore Stadium | stadium | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Fike Recreation Center | arena | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| McWhorter Stadium | stadium | not published | 1.3 km (0.8 mi) |
| Riggs Field | stadium | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
Independent event spaces (14)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Family Farms | event space | not published | 44 km (27 mi) |
| Edla Stannard Gibson Chapel | event space | not published | 28 km (17 mi) |
| Historic Ballenger House | event space | not published | 10 km (6.5 mi) |
| Mill Pine | event space | not published | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| Bauknight House, the Jewel of Walhalla | event space | not published | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Cope Hall Venue @ Andy's Trout Farm | event space | not published | 66 km (41 mi) |
| Historic Whetstone Place | event space | not published | 38 km (24 mi) |
| M D Cleveland Civic Center | event space | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Sundance Mountain farm | event space | not published | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center | event space | not published | 53 km (33 mi) |
| The Rock House | event space | not published | 56 km (35 mi) |
| Iron Oak Barn | event space | not published | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) |
| Keowee Key Activity Center | event space | not published | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Rabun County Civic Center | event space | not published | 56 km (35 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Clemson 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 the largest programmes go
Nothing in Clemson is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 81,500 seats, at Memorial Stadium, Clemson.
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
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) is 61 km (38 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.
Anderson, Easley and Greenville are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Clemson has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- GSP
- Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, 61 km (38 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 18,610
- 997,000 across the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC area
Things that catch organizers out here
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Clemson 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
61 km (38 mi) from GSP 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
18,610 people live in Clemson itself, but about 997,000 live in the wider Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. 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 Clemson
A Clemson programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Memorial Stadium, Clemson, the largest stated capacity in the Clemson 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 Clemson 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 81,500 seats, Clemson can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 81,500-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 Clemson is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 81,500 takes an audience no conference venue in Clemson can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- training days and workshops
4 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
What does an event app cost for a 950-person event in Clemson?
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 Clemson?
Of the 24 venues mapped in Clemson, the largest stated capacity belongs to Memorial Stadium, Clemson at 81,500. 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 Clemson?
Nothing in the Clemson 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 Anderson. For a conference without an exhibition, the 24 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Clemson?
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), about 61 km (38 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.
Is there a free tier for a small Clemson event?
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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