Where to gather in Fairborn
This guide covers 5 mapped venues in Fairborn, Ohio, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Nutter Center is the largest room on record at 10,400 seats.
Nutter Center states a capacity of 10,400. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Where Fairborn holds a crowd
Fairborn has a recorded population of 35,105 (2024), inside the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH area of about 822,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium and 3 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 14 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 3 event spaces, 1 stadium and 1 hotel with function space.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Hotel and Conference Center | hotel with function space | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alumni Field | stadium | not published | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
Independent event spaces (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutter Center | event space | 10,400 | 5.2 km (3.2 mi) |
| Fairborn Twin Cinemas | event space | not published | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
| C.J. McLin Gymnasium | event space | 450 | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Fairborn 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.
Where the largest programmes go
Nothing in Fairborn is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 10,400 seats, at Nutter Center.
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 Fairborn
Dayton International Airport (DAY) is 19 km (12 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.
Dayton, Xenia and Kettering are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Fairborn has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DAY
- Dayton International Airport, 19 km (12 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 35,105
- 822,000 across the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH area
Before you hold a date
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Fairborn 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
35,105 people live in Fairborn itself, but about 822,000 live in the wider Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH. 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 Fairborn
A Fairborn programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Nutter Center, the largest stated capacity in the Fairborn 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 Fairborn does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Which kind of event this suits
With a stated ceiling of 10,400 seats, Fairborn can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 10,400-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 Fairborn is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 10,400 takes an audience no conference venue in Fairborn can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- 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
- 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
Price a Fairborn event at 950 attendees — what is the total?
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 Fairborn?
Of the 5 venues mapped in Fairborn, the largest stated capacity belongs to Nutter Center at 10,400. 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 Fairborn?
Nothing in the Fairborn 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 Dayton. For a conference without an exhibition, the 5 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Fairborn?
Dayton International Airport (DAY), about 19 km (12 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 Fairborn 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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