Holding an event in Hazleton
This guide covers 13 mapped venues in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. The Barn at Boone's Dam is the best-documented room in the set.
The rooms you can book in Hazleton
Hazleton has a recorded population of 30,354 (2024), inside the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area of about 574,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall, 2 dedicated conference and function spaces, 2 arenas and stadiums and 8 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 43 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 8 event spaces, 2 banquet halls, 2 stadiums and 1 fairground.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg Fairgrounds | fairground | not published | 42 km (26 mi) |
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Ballroom | banquet hall | not published | 17 km (11 mi) |
| West Side Ballroom | banquet hall | not published | 28 km (17 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert B. Redman Stadium | stadium | not published | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Saint Clair Veterans Memorial Stadium | stadium | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
Independent event spaces (8)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barn at Boone's Dam | event space | not published | 42 km (26 mi) |
| Mauch Chunk Opera House | event space | not published | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Penn's Peak | event space | not published | 26 km (16 mi) |
| The Springfield | event space | not published | 51 km (32 mi) |
| Mahoning Drive-In Theater | event space | not published | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Caldwell Consistory | event space | not published | 41 km (25 mi) |
| Marco and Louise Mitrani Hall | event space | not published | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Red Brick Chapel | event space | not published | 20 km (13 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Hazleton 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 Hazleton is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Bloomsburg Fairgroundssize 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.
Travel, time zone and arrival
Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is 57 km (35 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
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.
Wilkes-Barre, Allentown and Scranton are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Hazleton has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- ABE
- Lehigh Valley International Airport, 57 km (35 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 30,354
- 574,000 across the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area
Before you hold a date
No published capacities
Not one Hazleton 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
57 km (35 mi) from ABE 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
30,354 people live in Hazleton itself, but about 574,000 live in the wider Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA. 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 Hazleton
A Hazleton programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized Hazleton programme, since no Hazleton 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 Hazleton 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 Hazleton 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 Hazleton 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 Hazleton is set up for.
- training days and workshops
2 purpose-built function spaces are 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 Hazleton 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 Hazleton?
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 Hazleton hold?
No Hazleton venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 13 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 Hazleton have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Hazleton, including Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. 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 Hazleton?
Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), about 57 km (35 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.
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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