Where to gather in New Westminster
What it takes to run an event in New Westminster, British Columbia: 13 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Vancouver International Airport is 20 km (12 mi) out.
Queen's Park Stadium states a capacity of 2,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
New Westminster venue landscape
New Westminster has a recorded population of 78,916 (2021), in British Columbia.
What is on the books here: 2 dedicated conference and function spaces, 1 arena or stadium, 5 theatres and concert halls and 5 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 16 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 5 event spaces, 3 theatres, 2 performing-arts centres and 1 stadium, plus a longer tail below.
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galbraith Conference Centre | conference centre | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| Herritage Banquet Hall | banquet hall | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park Stadium | stadium | 2,000 | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Theatre | theatre | 1,260 | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre | performing-arts centre | 350 | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| Studio Theatre | theatre | 80 | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| Anvil Centre | performing-arts centre | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
| The Columbia | theatre | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
Independent event spaces (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio 1C at the Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces | event space | 400 | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| The Metro Hall | event space | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| Bully's Studios | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Imagine New West | event space | not published | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
| Centennial Lodge | event space | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
Every venue mapped in New Westminster 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.
The biggest spaces New Westminster can offer
Nothing in New Westminster is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 2,000 seats, at Queen's Park Stadium.
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.
Flights, time and distance
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is 20 km (12 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
The city runs on Vancouver time (America/Vancouver). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Burnaby, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if New Westminster has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- YVR
- Vancouver International Airport, 20 km (12 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Vancouver, in September
- City population, 2021
- 78,916
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (table 98-10-0002)
What to check before you commit
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the New Westminster 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.
Pricing this against a real New Westminster room
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a New Westminster event sized to Queen's Park Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the New Westminster dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at CA$7 each
- CA$6,300for the whole event, at CA$7 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in New Westminster does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
The top of the range here is 2,000 seats, which comfortably covers an association annual meeting, a regional summit or a mid-sized user conference.
- multi-track conferences
A 2,000-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 New Westminster is set up for.
- award ceremonies
5 fixed-seat houses give you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of it.
- 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.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Contains information from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, used under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- 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
- CA$7
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- CA$6,650
- 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 New Westminster event at 950 attendees — what is the total?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so CA$6,300 for the event. The price is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 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 New Westminster?
Of the 13 venues mapped in New Westminster, the largest stated capacity belongs to Queen's Park Stadium at 2,000. 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.
Can you run a trade show in New Westminster?
Nothing in the New Westminster 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 Burnaby. For a conference without an exhibition, the 13 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for New Westminster?
Vancouver International Airport (YVR), about 20 km (12 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Vancouver; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Can I run a small New Westminster event on event67 for nothing?
One live event with up to 50 activated attendees costs nothing. Beyond that it is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 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.
Is event67 billed in Canadian dollars for a New Westminster event?
Yes. Canadian events are billed at CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, capped at CA$6,650 for one event. That is a flat local price we charge in Canadian dollars, not a conversion of the US figure.
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