Holding an event in Pendleton
This guide covers 9 mapped venues in Pendleton, Oregon, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Adams Odd Fellows Hall is the best-documented room in the set.
What Pendleton has to put people in
Pendleton has a recorded population of 17,026 (2024), inside the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area of about 93,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall, 2 arenas and stadiums, 3 theatres and concert halls and 3 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 53 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 3 event spaces, 2 theatres, 1 convention centre and 1 performing-arts centre, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton Convention Center Parking | convention centre | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Coliseum | arena | not published | 67 km (42 mi) |
| Pendleton Round-Up Stadium | stadium | not published | 0.9 km (0.6 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Theater | theatre | not published | 66 km (41 mi) |
| Pendleton Center for the Arts | performing-arts centre | not published | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| RivoliTheatre | theatre | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
Independent event spaces (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Odd Fellows Hall | event space | not published | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Masonic Temple | event space | not published | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| Wildhorse Resort & Casino | event space | not published | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Pendleton 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 Pendleton is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Pendleton Convention Center Parkingsize 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.
Travel, time zone and arrival
Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) is 71 km (44 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.
Hermiston, Walla Walla and Kennewick are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Pendleton has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- PSC
- Tri-Cities Airport, 71 km (44 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles, in September
- City population, 2024
- 17,026
- 93,000 across the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area
Before you hold a date
No published capacities
Not one Pendleton 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
71 km (44 mi) from PSC 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
17,026 people live in Pendleton itself, but about 93,000 live in the wider Hermiston-Pendleton, OR. 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 Pendleton
A Pendleton programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized Pendleton programme, since no Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton is set up for.
- award ceremonies
3 fixed-seat houses give you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of 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
Price a Pendleton 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 Pendleton hold?
No Pendleton 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 Pendleton have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Pendleton, including Pendleton Convention Center Parking. 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 Pendleton?
Tri-Cities Airport (PSC), about 71 km (44 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.
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