Garden City venues and what they hold
This guide covers 5 mapped venues in Garden City, Kansas, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Northrup Theater is the best-documented room in the set.
Garden City venue landscape
Garden City has a recorded population of 27,996 (2024), inside the Garden City, KS area of about 38,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 2 exhibition or convention halls, 1 arena or stadium and 2 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 18 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 2 event spaces, 1 stadium, 1 fairground and 1 exhibition centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny County Fairgrounds | fairground | not published | 36 km (23 mi) |
| The 3-I Building | exhibition centre | not published | 1.5 km (0.9 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley High School Stadium | stadium | not published | 129 km (80 mi) |
Independent event spaces (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northrup Theater | event space | not published | 77 km (48 mi) |
| Menno Community Hall | event space | not published | 64 km (40 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Garden City 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
2 venues in Garden City are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Kearny County Fairgroundssize not published
- The 3-I Buildingsize 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.
Flights, time and distance
Garden City Regional Airport (GCK) is 14 km (8.7 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Garden City keeps Chicago time (America/Chicago), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Dodge City, Hays and Perryton are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Garden City has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- GCK
- Garden City Regional Airport, 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 27,996
- 38,000 across the Garden City, KS area
Worth knowing before you sign
No published capacities
Not one Garden City 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.
A worked example, sized to Garden City
A Garden City programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized Garden City programme, since no Garden City 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 Garden City 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 Garden City venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Garden City 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 Garden City 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
How much is event67 for a 240-attendee Garden City conference?
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 Garden City hold?
No Garden City 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 Garden City have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Garden City, including Kearny County Fairgrounds and The 3-I Building. 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 Garden City?
Garden City Regional Airport (GCK), about 14 km (8.7 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.
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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