Forest Lake venues and what they hold
This guide covers 5 mapped venues in Forest Lake, Minnesota, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Lamar Community Center is the best-documented room in the set.
The rooms you can book in Forest Lake
Forest Lake has a recorded population of 20,700 (2024), inside the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area of about 3.8 million people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall, 1 dedicated conference and function space and 3 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 24 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 casino resort and 1 convention centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convention Center | convention centre | not published | 30 km (19 mi) |
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Casino Hinckley | casino resort | not published | 82 km (51 mi) |
Independent event spaces (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Community Center | event space | not published | 36 km (23 mi) |
| Crescent Grange Hall No. 512 | event space | not published | 15 km (9.1 mi) |
| Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center | event space | not published | 94 km (58 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Forest Lake 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 an exhibition fits
One venue in Forest Lake is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Convention Centersize 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.
How people reach Forest Lake
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is 48 km (30 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Local time is Chicago time (America/Chicago) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Blaine, Coon Rapids and West Coon Rapids are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Forest Lake has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MSP
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, 48 km (30 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 20,700
- 3.8 million across the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
The local constraints
No published capacities
Not one Forest Lake 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.
Arrival is a half-day
48 km (30 mi) from MSP means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
The city is smaller than the market
20,700 people live in Forest Lake itself, but about 3.8 million live in the wider Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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 Forest Lake
Take 240 people through the door in Forest Lake — a mid-sized Forest Lake programme, since no Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake 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.
- leadership retreats
Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake?
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 Forest Lake hold?
No Forest Lake venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 5 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 Forest Lake have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Forest Lake, including Convention Center. 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 Forest Lake?
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), about 48 km (30 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 Forest Lake 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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