Booking a conference venue in Mérida
What it takes to run an event in Mérida, Yucatán: 21 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport is 5 km (3.1 mi) out.
Estadio Carlos Iturralde states a capacity of 18,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
What Mérida has to put people in
Mérida has a recorded population of 1,201,000, in Yucatán.
It is the capital of Yucatán, so the calendar carries government, association and university business that books early and moves slowly.
What is on the books here: 2 exhibition or convention halls, 4 dedicated conference and function spaces, 3 arenas and stadiums, 2 theatres and concert halls and 10 independent event spaces.
That works out at about 2 venues per hundred thousand residents, so the field is thin relative to the population and the larger rooms book out a long way ahead.
By type that is 10 event spaces, 4 conference centres, 3 stadiums and 2 theatres, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Centre | convention centre | not published | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) |
| Parque Recinto Xmatkuil | exhibition centre | not published | 12 km (7.6 mi) |
Conference and function space (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auditorio | conference centre | not published | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) |
| Centro de convenciones Siglo XXI | conference centre | not published | 7.5 km (4.7 mi) |
| Centro Internacional de Congresos de Mérida | conference centre | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| CNITT | conference centre | not published | 24 km (15 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Carlos Iturralde | stadium | 18,000 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Plaza de toros de Mérida | stadium | 5,400 | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Parque Kukulcán Alamo | stadium | not published | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foro GNP Seguros | theatre | not published | 14 km (8.5 mi) |
| Teatro Peón Contreras | theatre | not published | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
Independent event spaces (10)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacienda San Antonio Hool | event space | not published | 12 km (7.6 mi) |
| Local de fiestas El Terrenito | event space | not published | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Hacienda Chenkú | event space | not published | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Domo de los Taxistas | event space | not published | 147 km (91 mi) |
| Gilda & Pablo's | event space | not published | 79 km (49 mi) |
| Polifuncional Hunucmá | event space | not published | 26 km (16 mi) |
| Salón de fiestas "Carolina" | event space | not published | 137 km (85 mi) |
| Salon Elbett | event space | not published | 12 km (7.1 mi) |
| Salon Social Bugambilias | event space | not published | 80 km (49 mi) |
| Salón Social del ISSTEY | event space | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Mérida 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.
Exhibition-scale rooms in Mérida
2 venues in Mérida are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Centresize not published
- Parque Recinto Xmatkuilsize 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.
Getting attendees to Mérida
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID) sits 5 km (3.1 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
Local time is Merida time (America/Merida) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Campeche is close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Mérida has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MID
- Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport, 5 km (3.1 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−6
- America/Merida, in September
- City population
- 1,201,000
- GeoNames (cities15000)
The local constraints
Confirm the room before the date
Nothing in the Mérida record flags an unusual constraint, which in practice means the ordinary one applies: hold the venue before you announce the date, because a date without a room is the only mistake that cannot be fixed later.
Pricing this against a real Mérida room
A Mérida programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Estadio Carlos Iturralde, the largest stated capacity in the Mérida 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 Mérida does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
With a stated ceiling of 18,000 seats, Mérida can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Mérida without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
A 18,000-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 Mérida is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 18,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Mérida can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
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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
Price a Mérida event at 950 attendees — what is the total?
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 Mérida?
Of the 21 venues mapped in Mérida, the largest stated capacity belongs to Estadio Carlos Iturralde at 18,000. 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.
Does Mérida have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Mérida, including Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Centre and Parque Recinto Xmatkuil. 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 Mérida?
Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID), about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Merida; 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.
How is a Mérida event billed?
In US dollars. event67 publishes flat local prices in a handful of currencies and the Mexican peso is not currently one of them, so an event in Mérida is billed at $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, capped at $4,750. The app itself works the same way wherever the event is.
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Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.