Holding an event in Newark
What it takes to run an event in Newark, Delaware: 15 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Philadelphia International Airport is 48 km (30 mi) out.
Delaware Stadium states a capacity of 22,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
What Newark has to put people in
Newark has a recorded population of 30,506 (2024), inside the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area of about 6.3 million people.
What is on the books here: 5 dedicated conference and function spaces, 4 arenas and stadiums and 6 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 49 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, 3 conference centres, 2 stadiums and 2 banquet halls, plus a longer tail below.
Conference and function space (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna Banquet Hall | banquet hall | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Buena Vista (estate) | conference centre | not published | 11 km (6.9 mi) |
| Clayton Hall Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Banquet Hall | banquet hall | not published | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Buena Vista State Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Stadium | stadium | 22,000 | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium | stadium | not published | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Delaware Field House | arena | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Herbie Cohen Coliseum | arena | not published | 17 km (11 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Pines Club House | event space | not published | 8.1 km (5 mi) |
| West Grove Chapel | event space | not published | 17 km (11 mi) |
| State Theater | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Big Elk Chapel | event space | not published | 7.8 km (4.8 mi) |
| Cecil County Fair | event space | not published | 9.4 km (5.8 mi) |
| Newark Opera House | event space | not published | 0.1 km (0.1 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Newark 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 Newark can offer
Nothing in Newark is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 22,000 seats, at Delaware 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
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is 48 km (30 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Newark keeps New York time (America/New_York), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Wilmington, Aberdeen and Havertown are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Newark has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- PHL
- Philadelphia International Airport, 48 km (30 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 30,506
- 6.3 million across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area
Before you hold a date
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Newark 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.
Arrival is a half-day
48 km (30 mi) from PHL 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
30,506 people live in Newark itself, but about 6.3 million live in the wider Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
Pricing this against a real Newark room
A Newark programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Delaware Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Newark 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 Newark 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 22,000 seats, Newark can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 22,000-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 Newark is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 22,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Newark can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
- training days and workshops
5 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
- US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates
- 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
Price a Newark 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 Newark?
Of the 15 venues mapped in Newark, the largest stated capacity belongs to Delaware Stadium at 22,000. 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 Newark?
Nothing in the Newark 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 Wilmington. For a conference without an exhibition, the 15 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Newark?
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), about 48 km (30 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.
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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