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Putting on an event in Oakdale

Oakdale, California has 4 mapped venues in this dataset. Here is the shape of them, who they suit, and what an event67 rollout costs once you have picked one.

Venues in Oakdale, by what they are for

Oakdale has a recorded population of 23,209 (2024), inside the Modesto, CA area of about 557,000 people.

The mapped inventory is 2 dedicated conference and function spaces and 2 independent event spaces.

That is roughly 17 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 2 event spaces, 1 resort and 1 hotel with function space.

Conference and function space (2)

VenueTypeStated capacityFrom the centre
Chicken Ranch Casinoresortnot published39 km (24 mi)
Best Western Plus Sonora Oaks Hotel & Conference Centerhotel with function spacenot published51 km (32 mi)

Independent event spaces (2)

VenueTypeStated capacityFrom the centre
Deloro Valleyevent spacenot published55 km (34 mi)
Opera Hallevent spacenot published47 km (29 mi)

Every venue mapped in Oakdale 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.

Arrival logistics

San Jose International Airport (SJC) is 105 km (65 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.

Local time is Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.

Modesto, Turlock and Manteca are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Oakdale has nothing free on your dates.

Nearest major airport
SJC
San Jose International Airport, 105 km (65 mi)
Local time
UTC−7
America/Los_Angeles, in September
City population, 2024
23,209
557,000 across the Modesto, CA area

What to check before you commit

No exhibition hall on record

Nothing in the Oakdale 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 Oakdale 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

105 km (65 mi) from SJC 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

23,209 people live in Oakdale itself, but about 557,000 live in the wider Modesto, CA. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.

The bill for a Oakdale programme

Take 240 people through the door in Oakdale — a mid-sized Oakdale programme, since no Oakdale venue publishes a capacity in open data. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

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 Oakdale does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.

What sort of event fits here

No capacity is published for any Oakdale venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.

  • 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.

  • leadership retreats

    Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Oakdale 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.

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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.

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Questions people actually ask

Price a Oakdale 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 Oakdale hold?

No Oakdale venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 4 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 Oakdale?

Nothing in the Oakdale 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 Modesto. For a conference without an exhibition, the 4 venues on this page are the field.

Which airport do attendees fly into for Oakdale?

San Jose International Airport (SJC), about 105 km (65 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Los_Angeles; 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.

Running something in Oakdale?

Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.