Meeting space in Dodge City
This guide covers 9 mapped venues in Dodge City, Kansas, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Fowler Swimming Pool and Bathhouse is the best-documented room in the set.
Where Dodge City holds a crowd
Dodge City has a recorded population of 27,663 (2024), inside the Dodge City, KS area of about 34,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium and 7 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 33 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 7 event spaces, 1 arena and 1 hotel with function space.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge House Hotel & Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge City Civic Center | arena | not published | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
Independent event spaces (7)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Swimming Pool and Bathhouse | event space | not published | 44 km (27 mi) |
| Girl Scout Little House | event space | not published | 66 km (41 mi) |
| Palace Theatre | event space | not published | 57 km (35 mi) |
| Chief Theater | event space | not published | 81 km (50 mi) |
| Long Branch Variety Show | event space | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| Small Town Venue | event space | not published | 81 km (50 mi) |
| I.O.O.F. Building of Buffalo | event space | not published | 108 km (67 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Dodge City 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.
Getting attendees to Dodge City
Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC) sits 5 km (3.1 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
Dodge City keeps Chicago time (America/Chicago), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Garden City, Hays and Perryton are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Dodge City has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DDC
- Dodge City Regional Airport, 5 km (3.1 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 27,663
- 34,000 across the Dodge City, KS area
Things that catch organizers out here
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Dodge City 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.
No published capacities
Not one Dodge City 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.
A worked example, sized to Dodge City
Take 240 people through the door in Dodge City — a mid-sized Dodge City programme, since no Dodge City 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 Dodge City does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Which kind of event this suits
No capacity is published for any Dodge City venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- training days and workshops
1 purpose-built function space is 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 Dodge City has them.
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 240-person event in Dodge City?
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 Dodge City hold?
No Dodge City venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 9 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.
Can you run a trade show in Dodge City?
Nothing in the Dodge City 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 Garden City. For a conference without an exhibition, the 9 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Dodge City?
Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC), about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Chicago; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Is there a free tier for a small Dodge City 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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Running something in Dodge City?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.