Planning a conference in Hampton
This guide covers 10 mapped venues in Hampton, Virginia, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Armstrong Stadium is the largest room on record at 17,000 seats.
Armstrong Stadium states a capacity of 17,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
What Hampton has to put people in
Hampton has a recorded population of 137,596 (2024), inside the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area of about 1.8 million people.
Across the city the dataset records 3 dedicated conference and function spaces and 7 arenas and stadiums.
By type that is 5 arenas, 2 stadiums, 2 hotels with function space and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Roads Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Hyatt Place Hampton Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
| Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (7)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Stadium | stadium | 17,000 | 1.5 km (0.9 mi) |
| Hampton Coliseum | arena | 13,800 | 3.2 km (2 mi) |
| Joseph S. Darling Memorial Stadium | stadium | 8,000 | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| Hampton Convocation Center | arena | 7,200 | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Holiday Inn Express Hampton - Coliseum Central | arena | not published | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
| Coliseum / HRCC Overflow Lot | arena | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Coliseum I-64 Lot | arena | not published | 3.6 km (2.2 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Hampton 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 Hampton is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 17,000 seats, at Armstrong Stadium.
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
Norfolk International Airport (ORF) is 20 km (12 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Local time is New York time (America/New_York) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
East Hampton, Newport News and Norfolk are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Hampton has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- ORF
- Norfolk International Airport, 20 km (12 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 137,596
- 1.8 million across the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area
Before you hold a date
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Hampton 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
137,596 people live in Hampton itself, but about 1.8 million live in the wider Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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 Hampton
A Hampton programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Armstrong Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Hampton 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 Hampton 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 17,000 seats, Hampton can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 17,000-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 Hampton is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 17,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Hampton can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- training days and workshops
3 purpose-built function spaces are 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
- 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 950-attendee Hampton conference?
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 Hampton?
Of the 10 venues mapped in Hampton, the largest stated capacity belongs to Armstrong Stadium at 17,000. 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 Hampton?
Nothing in the Hampton 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 East Hampton. For a conference without an exhibition, the 10 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Hampton?
Norfolk International Airport (ORF), about 20 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 Hampton 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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