Owatonna venues and what they hold
Owatonna, Minnesota has 5 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.
What Owatonna has to put people in
Owatonna has a recorded population of 26,626 (2024), inside the Owatonna, MN area of about 37,000 people.
The mapped inventory is 1 dedicated conference and function space and 4 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 19 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 and 1 university conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainey Conference Center - University of Saint Thomas | university conference centre | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
Independent event spaces (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Theater | event space | not published | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Bessesen Building | event space | not published | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Starfire Event Center | event space | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Strangers Refuge Lodge Number 74, IOOF | event space | not published | 30 km (19 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Owatonna 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.
Flights, time and distance
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is 89 km (55 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Owatonna keeps Chicago time (America/Chicago), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Faribault, Rochester and Lakeville are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Owatonna has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MSP
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, 89 km (55 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 26,626
- 37,000 across the Owatonna, MN area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Owatonna 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 Owatonna 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
89 km (55 mi) from MSP means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
The bill for a Owatonna programme
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Owatonna event a mid-sized Owatonna programme, since no Owatonna 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 Owatonna 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 Owatonna 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 Owatonna 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 Owatonna 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 Owatonna hold?
No Owatonna venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 5 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 Owatonna?
Nothing in the Owatonna 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 Faribault. For a conference without an exhibition, the 5 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Owatonna?
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), about 89 km (55 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 Owatonna 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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