Where to gather in Lima
This guide covers 15 mapped venues in Lima, Ohio, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Anna Town Hall is the best-documented room in the set.
What Lima has to put people in
Lima has a recorded population of 34,690 (2024), inside the Lima, OH area of about 101,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 2 exhibition or convention halls, 3 arenas and stadiums and 10 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 10 event spaces, 3 stadiums and 2 fairgrounds.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairgrounds Pizza & Pub | fairground | not published | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) |
| Mercer County Fairgrounds Grandstands | fairground | not published | 46 km (28 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Stadium | stadium | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Ada War Memorial Stadium | stadium | not published | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Dial–Roberson Stadium | stadium | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
Independent event spaces (10)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Town Hall | event space | not published | 39 km (24 mi) |
| Springbrook Gardens | event space | not published | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
| Ohio Theatre | event space | not published | 0.1 km (0.1 mi) |
| Moon City Music & Event Center | event space | not published | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Lee and Ruby Roebuck shelter | event space | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Romers Catering Celina | event space | not published | 46 km (29 mi) |
| Homegrown Honky Tonk Stage | event space | not published | 54 km (34 mi) |
| Main Stage | event space | not published | 54 km (34 mi) |
| Saint Michael's Hall | event space | not published | 49 km (30 mi) |
| Saloon Stage | event space | not published | 54 km (34 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Lima 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 Lima are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Fairgrounds Pizza & Pubsize not published
- Mercer County Fairgrounds Grandstandssize 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
Dayton International Airport (DAY) is 94 km (58 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.
Findlay, Defiance and Bowling Green are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Lima has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DAY
- Dayton International Airport, 94 km (58 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 34,690
- 101,000 across the Lima, OH area
Before you hold a date
No published capacities
Not one Lima 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
94 km (58 mi) from DAY means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
A worked example, sized to Lima
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Lima event a mid-sized Lima programme, since no Lima venue publishes a capacity in open data. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- 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 Lima 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 Lima 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 Lima 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 Lima 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
What does an event app cost for a 240-person event in Lima?
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 Lima hold?
No Lima venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 15 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 Lima have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Lima, including Fairgrounds Pizza & Pub and Mercer County Fairgrounds Grandstands. 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 Lima?
Dayton International Airport (DAY), about 94 km (58 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.
Can I run a small Lima 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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