Putting on an event in East Moline
What it takes to run an event in East Moline, Illinois: 7 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Quad Cities International Airport is 8 km (5 mi) out.
The rooms you can book in East Moline
East Moline has a recorded population of 20,995 (2024), inside the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL area of about 382,000 people.
What is on the books here: 1 exhibition or convention hall and 6 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 6 event spaces and 1 exhibition centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bend XPO | exhibition centre | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annawan Chapter House | event space | not published | 42 km (26 mi) |
| Deer Valley Banquets | event space | not published | 65 km (40 mi) |
| Henrekin Pines | event space | not published | 64 km (40 mi) |
| River View Lodge | event space | not published | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| The Bend Event Center | event space | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Andover Chapter House | event space | not published | 26 km (16 mi) |
Every venue mapped in East Moline 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.
Exhibition-scale rooms in East Moline
One venue in East Moline is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Bend XPOsize not published
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.
Travel, time zone and arrival
Quad Cities International Airport (MLI) sits 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
The city runs on Chicago time (America/Chicago). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Moline, Bettendorf and Davenport are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if East Moline has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MLI
- Quad Cities International Airport, 8 km (5 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 20,995
- 382,000 across the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL area
Things that catch organizers out here
No published capacities
Not one East Moline 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.
The city is smaller than the market
20,995 people live in East Moline itself, but about 382,000 live in the wider Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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 East Moline room
A East Moline programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized East Moline programme, since no East Moline venue publishes a capacity in open data — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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 East Moline does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
No capacity is published for any East Moline venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
1 exhibition or convention hall means a booth plan is possible in East Moline without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
The exhibition space here doubles as plenary space when the floor is cleared.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination East Moline is set up for.
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 East Moline?
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 East Moline hold?
No East Moline venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 7 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.
Does East Moline have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in East Moline, including Bend XPO. Exhibition halls are booked by floor area rather than by seat, so ask for the hall sheet with column spacing and load-in access rather than a capacity number.
Which airport do attendees fly into for East Moline?
Quad Cities International Airport (MLI), about 8 km (5 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.
Can I run a small East Moline event on event67 for nothing?
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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Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.