Where to gather in Port Arthur
What it takes to run an event in Port Arthur, Texas: 4 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Jack Brooks Regional Airport is 10 km (6.2 mi) out.
Lutcher Theater states a capacity of 1,450. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Venues in Port Arthur, by what they are for
Port Arthur has a recorded population of 55,799 (2024), inside the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX area of about 399,000 people.
What is on the books here: 1 theatre or concert hall and 3 independent event spaces.
By type that is 3 event spaces and 1 theatre.
Theatres and concert halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutcher Theater | theatre | 1,450 | 30 km (19 mi) |
Independent event spaces (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Arthur Federated Women's Clubhouse | event space | not published | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
| Club 60 | event space | not published | 6.9 km (4.3 mi) |
| Robert A Bob Bowers Civic Center | event space | not published | 4.5 km (2.8 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Port Arthur 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.
The biggest spaces Port Arthur can offer
Nothing in Port Arthur is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 1,450 seats, at Lutcher Theater.
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
Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT) sits 10 km (6.2 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
Local time is Chicago time (America/Chicago) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Beaumont, Lake Charles and Baytown are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Port Arthur has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- BPT
- Jack Brooks Regional Airport, 10 km (6.2 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 55,799
- 399,000 across the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX area
Before you hold a date
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Port Arthur 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.
The city is smaller than the market
55,799 people live in Port Arthur itself, but about 399,000 live in the wider Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX. 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 Port Arthur room
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Port Arthur event sized to Lutcher Theater, the largest stated capacity in the Port Arthur dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Port Arthur does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
The top of the range here is 1,450 seats, which comfortably covers an association annual meeting, a regional summit or a mid-sized user conference.
- multi-track conferences
A 1,450-seat room carries a plenary with breakouts running alongside it.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination Port Arthur is set up for.
- award ceremonies
1 fixed-seat house gives 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.
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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.
Questions people actually ask
What does an event app cost for a 950-person event in Port Arthur?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 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.
What is the largest venue in Port Arthur?
Of the 4 venues mapped in Port Arthur, the largest stated capacity belongs to Lutcher Theater at 1,450. Capacities in open data are the figure the venue itself published, and they are the seated number rather than a standing or exhibition figure, so confirm the layout you actually want before you plan around it.
Can you run a trade show in Port Arthur?
Nothing in the Port Arthur 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 Beaumont. For a conference without an exhibition, the 4 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Port Arthur?
Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT), about 10 km (6.2 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 Port Arthur 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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