Elkhart venues and what they hold
This guide covers 6 mapped venues in Elkhart, Indiana, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. The Lerner Theatre is the best-documented room in the set.
What Elkhart has to put people in
Elkhart has a recorded population of 53,690 (2024), inside the Elkhart-Goshen, IN area of about 207,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 theatre or concert hall and 5 independent event spaces.
By type that is 5 event spaces and 1 theatre.
Theatres and concert halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lerner Theater | theatre | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
Independent event spaces (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lerner Theatre | event space | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| Gable Hill | event space | not published | 36 km (22 mi) |
| Concord Event Center | event space | not published | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
| Lexington Event Center | event space | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
| Our Place on Main | event space | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Elkhart 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.
Arrival logistics
South Bend Regional Airport (SBN) is 28 km (17 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Elkhart keeps Indianapolis time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Mishawaka, Goshen and South Bend are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Elkhart has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- SBN
- South Bend Regional Airport, 28 km (17 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis, in September
- City population, 2024
- 53,690
- 207,000 across the Elkhart-Goshen, IN area
What to check before you commit
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Elkhart 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 Elkhart 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
53,690 people live in Elkhart itself, but about 207,000 live in the wider Elkhart-Goshen, IN. 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 Elkhart
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Elkhart event a mid-sized Elkhart programme, since no Elkhart venue publishes a capacity in open data. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- 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 Elkhart 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 Elkhart venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- award ceremonies
1 fixed-seat house gives 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
- 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 Elkhart?
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 Elkhart hold?
No Elkhart venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 6 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 Elkhart?
Nothing in the Elkhart 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 Mishawaka. For a conference without an exhibition, the 6 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Elkhart?
South Bend Regional Airport (SBN), about 28 km (17 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Indiana/Indianapolis; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Can I run a small Elkhart 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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