Norfolk venues and what they hold
This guide covers 6 mapped venues in Norfolk, Nebraska, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Wayne Municipal Auditorium is the best-documented room in the set.
What Norfolk has to put people in
Norfolk has a recorded population of 26,162 (2024), inside the Norfolk, NE area of about 49,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium and 4 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 23 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 4 event spaces, 1 arena and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisner Auditorium | conference centre | not published | 42 km (26 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Municipal Auditorium | arena | not published | 40 km (25 mi) |
Independent event spaces (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Community Theatre | event space | not published | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
| West Point City Auditorium | event space | not published | 62 km (38 mi) |
| Z.C.B.J. Opera House | event space | not published | 81 km (50 mi) |
| Pospeshil Theatre | event space | not published | 66 km (41 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Norfolk 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.
Getting attendees to Norfolk
Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX) is 95 km (59 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.
Columbus, Sioux City and Grand Island are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Norfolk has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- SUX
- Sioux Gateway Airport, 95 km (59 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 26,162
- 49,000 across the Norfolk, NE area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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
95 km (59 mi) from SUX means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
A worked example, sized to Norfolk
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Norfolk event a mid-sized Norfolk programme, since no Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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 Norfolk venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- training days and workshops
1 purpose-built function space is 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 Norfolk 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.
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
How much is event67 for a 240-attendee Norfolk 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 Norfolk hold?
No Norfolk venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 6 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 Norfolk?
Nothing in the Norfolk 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 Columbus. For a conference without an exhibition, the 6 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Norfolk?
Sioux Gateway Airport (SUX), about 95 km (59 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.
Is there a free tier for a small Norfolk event?
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 Norfolk?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.