Putting on an event in Meridian
What it takes to run an event in Meridian, Mississippi: 10 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Meridian Regional Airport is 5 km (3.1 mi) out.
What Meridian has to put people in
Meridian has a recorded population of 33,549 (2024), inside the Meridian, MS area of about 86,000 people.
What is on the books here: 2 dedicated conference and function spaces, 2 arenas and stadiums and 6 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 30 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 6 event spaces, 2 conference centres, 1 stadium and 1 arena.
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration Building/Alabama Tombigbee Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 105 km (65 mi) |
| Bell Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 55 km (34 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Stadium | stadium | not published | 54 km (34 mi) |
| Keys-Currie Coliseum | arena | not published | 56 km (35 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masonic Temple | event space | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
| Riley Center | event space | not published | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| Temple Theatre | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Newton County American Legion Post No. 89 Hut | event space | not published | 38 km (24 mi) |
| Art CLAZS Paint Parties | event space | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Frank Cochran Center | event space | not published | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Meridian 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.
Travel, time zone and arrival
Meridian Regional Airport (MEI) sits 5 km (3.1 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
Meridian keeps Chicago time (America/Chicago), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Starkville, Hattiesburg and Columbus are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Meridian has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MEI
- Meridian Regional Airport, 5 km (3.1 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 33,549
- 86,000 across the Meridian, MS area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Meridian 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.
No published capacities
Not one Meridian 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.
Pricing this against a real Meridian room
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Meridian event a mid-sized Meridian programme, since no Meridian 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 Meridian does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
No capacity is published for any Meridian venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- 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 Meridian 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.
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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
How much is event67 for a 240-attendee Meridian 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 Meridian hold?
No Meridian venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 10 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.
Can you run a trade show in Meridian?
Nothing in the Meridian 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 Starkville. For a conference without an exhibition, the 10 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Meridian?
Meridian Regional Airport (MEI), about 5 km (3.1 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.
Can I run a small Meridian 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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Running something in Meridian?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.