Meeting space in Missouri City
This guide covers 7 mapped venues in Missouri City, Texas, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Akadia Event Center is the best-documented room in the set.
Venues in Missouri City, by what they are for
Missouri City has a recorded population of 78,582 (2024), inside the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area of about 7.8 million people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall and 6 independent event spaces.
By type that is 6 event spaces and 1 convention centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Centre | convention centre | not published | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akadia Event Center | event space | not published | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| GSH Event Center | event space | not published | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
| The Makenzie House | event space | not published | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| Braeburn Glen Civic Center | event space | not published | 6.6 km (4.1 mi) |
| Destiny Events Venue | event space | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| St. Joseph Hall | event space | not published | 0.9 km (0.6 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Missouri City 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 Missouri City is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Stafford Centresize 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 Missouri City
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is 45 km (28 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Local time is Chicago time (America/Chicago) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Sugar Land, Houston and Pearland are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Missouri City has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- IAH
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 45 km (28 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 78,582
- 7.8 million across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area
Before you hold a date
No published capacities
Not one Missouri City 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
45 km (28 mi) from IAH 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
78,582 people live in Missouri City itself, but about 7.8 million live in the wider Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. 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 Missouri City
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Missouri City event a mid-sized Missouri City programme, since no Missouri City 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 Missouri City 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 Missouri City 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 Missouri City 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 Missouri City 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 Missouri City?
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 Missouri City hold?
No Missouri City venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 7 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 Missouri City have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Missouri City, including Stafford Centre. 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 Missouri City?
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), about 45 km (28 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.
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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