Holding an event in Palestine
This guide covers 3 mapped venues in Palestine, Texas, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Leon County Expo Center is the best-documented room in the set.
What Palestine has to put people in
Palestine has a recorded population of 19,583 (2024), inside the Palestine, TX area of about 60,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall and 2 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 15 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 and 1 exhibition centre.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon County Expo Center | exhibition centre | not published | 55 km (34 mi) |
Independent event spaces (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Center | event space | not published | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
| Poynor Civic Center | event space | not published | 35 km (22 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Palestine 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
One venue in Palestine is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Leon County Expo 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.
Getting attendees to Palestine
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR) is 69 km (43 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Palestine keeps Chicago time (America/Chicago), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Tyler, Corsicana and Nacogdoches are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Palestine has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- TYR
- Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, 69 km (43 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 19,583
- 60,000 across the Palestine, TX area
The local constraints
No published capacities
Not one Palestine 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
69 km (43 mi) from TYR 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
19,583 people live in Palestine itself, but about 60,000 live in the wider Palestine, TX. 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 Palestine
A Palestine programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized Palestine programme, since no Palestine venue publishes a capacity in open data — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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 Palestine 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 Palestine venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
1 exhibition or convention hall means a booth plan is possible in Palestine 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 Palestine is set up for.
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 Palestine 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 Palestine hold?
No Palestine venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 3 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 Palestine have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Palestine, including Leon County Expo 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 Palestine?
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport (TYR), about 69 km (43 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 Palestine 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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