Holding an event in Parkersburg
What it takes to run an event in Parkersburg, West Virginia: 15 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. West Virginia International Yeager Airport is 99 km (62 mi) out.
Where Parkersburg holds a crowd
Parkersburg has a recorded population of 28,834 (2024), inside the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV area of about 88,000 people.
What is on the books here: 1 exhibition or convention hall, 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium, 5 theatres and concert halls and 7 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 52 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 7 event spaces, 4 theatres, 1 conference centre and 1 stadium, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County Fairgrounds | fairground | not published | 20 km (12 mi) |
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Event & Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 20 km (12 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Drumm Stadium | stadium | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoot Theatre | theatre | not published | 0.1 km (0.1 mi) |
| Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theater | theatre | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Hermann Fine Arts Center | performing-arts centre | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Actors Guild | theatre | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| People's Bank Theatre | theatre | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
Independent event spaces (7)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta Shrine Club | event space | not published | 21 km (13 mi) |
| The Adelphia | event space | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
| The Foam Garage | event space | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Elks Club | event space | not published | 0.1 km (0.1 mi) |
| Masonic Temple | event space | not published | 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| Sharon Lodge No. 28 IOOF | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Grizer Castle | event space | not published | 36 km (22 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Parkersburg 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.
Exhibition-scale rooms in Parkersburg
One venue in Parkersburg is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Washington County Fairgroundssize 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
West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) is 99 km (62 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Local time is New York time (America/New_York) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Athens, Zanesville and Lancaster are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Parkersburg has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- CRW
- West Virginia International Yeager Airport, 99 km (62 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 28,834
- 88,000 across the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV area
What already comes back to Parkersburg
Washington County Fair come back to Parkersburg. A returning show is the best evidence a place has the rooms, the hotel stock and the airlift to carry one.
- Washington County Fairrecurring event
Recorded in Wikidata, which covers event series with an encyclopaedia entry. It is a floor rather than a full calendar for Parkersburg, and it is not a listing service — check dates with the organiser.
Worth knowing before you sign
No published capacities
Not one Parkersburg 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
99 km (62 mi) from CRW 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
28,834 people live in Parkersburg itself, but about 88,000 live in the wider Parkersburg-Vienna, WV. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
Pricing this against a real Parkersburg room
A Parkersburg programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized Parkersburg programme, since no Parkersburg 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 Parkersburg does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
No capacity is published for any Parkersburg 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 Parkersburg 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 Parkersburg is set up for.
- award ceremonies
5 fixed-seat houses give you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of it.
- 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.
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 Parkersburg 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 Parkersburg hold?
No Parkersburg venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 15 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 Parkersburg have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Parkersburg, including Washington County Fairgrounds. 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 Parkersburg?
West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW), about 99 km (62 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.
Can I run a small Parkersburg event on event67 for nothing?
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.
What events already happen in Parkersburg?
Recurring shows recorded for Parkersburg include Washington County Fair. This list comes from Wikidata and covers series with an encyclopaedia entry, so it is a floor rather than a full calendar. Check your dates against it: hotel rates and venue availability both move around a returning show.
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