Oak Ridge venues and what they hold
This guide covers 9 mapped venues in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. The Kincaid House is the best-documented room in the set.
What Oak Ridge has to put people in
Oak Ridge has a recorded population of 34,039 (2024), inside the Knoxville, TN area of about 958,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 2 exhibition or convention halls, 1 dedicated conference and function space and 6 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 26 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 exhibition centres and 1 conference centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expo Barn | exhibition centre | not published | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Henry/Stafford East Tennessee Agricultural Exposition Center | exhibition centre | not published | 35 km (22 mi) |
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visitor Center / Conference Center / Cafeteria | conference centre | not published | 9.5 km (5.9 mi) |
Independent event spaces (6)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kincaid House | event space | not published | 17 km (11 mi) |
| Oak Ridge High School | event space | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Cotton Eyed Joe | event space | not published | 16 km (9.8 mi) |
| Solomon Park and Civic Center | event space | not published | 29 km (18 mi) |
| The Lyric | event space | not published | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Old Harriman Hospital | event space | not published | 27 km (17 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Oak Ridge 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
2 venues in Oak Ridge are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Expo Barnsize not published
- Henry/Stafford East Tennessee Agricultural Exposition Centersize 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.
Arrival logistics
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is 33 km (21 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
The city runs on New York time (America/New_York). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Knoxville, Sevierville and Morristown are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Oak Ridge has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- TYS
- McGhee Tyson Airport, 33 km (21 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 34,039
- 958,000 across the Knoxville, TN area
The local constraints
No published capacities
Not one Oak Ridge 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.
The city is smaller than the market
34,039 people live in Oak Ridge itself, but about 958,000 live in the wider Knoxville, TN. 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 Oak Ridge
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Oak Ridge event a mid-sized Oak Ridge programme, since no Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge is set up for.
- 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 Oak Ridge 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
Price a Oak Ridge event at 240 attendees — what is the total?
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 Oak Ridge hold?
No Oak Ridge venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 9 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 Oak Ridge have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Oak Ridge, including Expo Barn and Henry/Stafford East Tennessee Agricultural Exposition Center. 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 Oak Ridge?
McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), about 33 km (21 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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