Putting on an event in Dublin
What it takes to run an event in Dublin, Ohio: 11 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. John Glenn Columbus International Airport is 22 km (14 mi) out.
Branch Rickey Arena states a capacity of 3,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Venues in Dublin, by what they are for
Dublin has a recorded population of 49,456 (2024), inside the Columbus, OH area of about 2.2 million people.
What is on the books here: 1 dedicated conference and function space, 5 arenas and stadiums and 5 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 22 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, 3 arenas, 2 stadiums and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Conference Center at OCLC | conference centre | not published | 0.9 km (0.6 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Rickey Arena | arena | 3,000 | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Edwards Gymnasium | arena | 1,800 | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Roy Rike Field | stadium | 600 | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Selby Stadium | stadium | not published | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Coliseum | arena | not published | 24 km (15 mi) |
Independent event spaces (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strand Theatre | event space | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Swan Lake Event Center | event space | not published | 13 km (8.3 mi) |
| Zoombezi Bay | event space | not published | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) |
| Pottersburg Bridge | event space | not published | 38 km (23 mi) |
| The Exchange at Bridge Park | event space | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Dublin 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 Dublin can offer
Nothing in Dublin is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 3,000 seats, at Branch Rickey Arena.
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 Dublin
John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) is 22 km (14 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Dublin keeps New York time (America/New_York), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Hilliard, Westerville and Columbus are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Dublin has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- CMH
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport, 22 km (14 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 49,456
- 2.2 million across the Columbus, OH area
The local constraints
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Dublin 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
49,456 people live in Dublin itself, but about 2.2 million live in the wider Columbus, OH. 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 Dublin room
A Dublin programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Branch Rickey Arena, the largest stated capacity in the Dublin 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 Dublin does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
The top of the range here is 3,000 seats, which comfortably covers an association annual meeting, a regional summit or a mid-sized user conference.
- multi-track conferences
A 3,000-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 Dublin is set up for.
- 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.
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 Dublin?
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 Dublin?
Of the 11 venues mapped in Dublin, the largest stated capacity belongs to Branch Rickey Arena at 3,000. 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 Dublin?
Nothing in the Dublin 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 Hilliard. For a conference without an exhibition, the 11 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Dublin?
John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH), about 22 km (14 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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Running something in Dublin?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.