Putting on an event in College Park
What it takes to run an event in College Park, Maryland: 17 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 17 km (11 mi) out.
SECU Stadium states a capacity of 51,802. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
The rooms you can book in College Park
College Park has a recorded population of 34,667 (2024), inside the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area of about 6.4 million people.
What is on the books here: 2 dedicated conference and function spaces, 7 arenas and stadiums, 3 theatres and concert halls and 5 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 49 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 5 event spaces, 4 stadiums, 3 arenas and 3 performing-arts centres, plus a longer tail below.
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMGC/Inn & Conference Center | hotel with function space | not published | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| Cherry Hill Ballroom | banquet hall | not published | 4.9 km (3 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (7)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECU Stadium | stadium | 51,802 | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| XFINITY Center | arena | 17,950 | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium | stadium | 2,500 | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| Ritchie Coliseum | arena | 1,500 | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| Robert E. Taylor Stadium | stadium | 1,000 | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Herbert Wells Ice Arena | arena | 600 | 1.3 km (0.8 mi) |
| JH Kehoe Track & Ludwig Field | stadium | not published | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center | performing-arts centre | not published | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| Greenbelt Arts Center | performing-arts centre | not published | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) |
| Nyumburu Cultural Center | performing-arts centre | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Independent event spaces (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Greenbelt Theatre | event space | 400 | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) |
| New Deal Cafe | event space | 99 | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) |
| Adele H. Stamp Student Union | event space | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| The Shed | event space | not published | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| Martin's Crosswinds | event space | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
Every venue mapped in College Park 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 biggest spaces College Park can offer
Nothing in College Park is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 51,802 seats, at SECU 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.
How people reach College Park
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is 17 km (11 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
The city runs on New York time (America/New_York). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Silver Spring, Washington and Bethesda are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if College Park has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DCA
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 17 km (11 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 34,667
- 6.4 million across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the College Park 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.
The city is smaller than the market
34,667 people live in College Park itself, but about 6.4 million live in the wider Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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 College Park room
Take 950 people through the door in College Park — sized to SECU Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the College Park dataset. 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
- 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 College Park does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
With a stated ceiling of 51,802 seats, College Park can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 51,802-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 College Park is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 51,802 takes an audience no conference venue in College Park can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- award ceremonies
3 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
- 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.
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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
How much is event67 for a 950-attendee College Park conference?
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 College Park?
Of the 17 venues mapped in College Park, the largest stated capacity belongs to SECU Stadium at 51,802. 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 College Park?
Nothing in the College Park 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 Silver Spring. For a conference without an exhibition, the 17 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for College Park?
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), about 17 km (11 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 College Park 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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