Where to hold a conference in Richmond
What it takes to run an event in Richmond, Virginia: 63 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Richmond International Airport is 14 km (8.7 mi) out.
City Stadium states a capacity of 22,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
The rooms you can book in Richmond
Richmond has a recorded population of 233,655 (2024), inside the Richmond, VA area of about 1.4 million people.
As the Virginia capital it hosts the legislative and association traffic that keeps mid-week meeting space busy year-round.
What is on the books here: 2 exhibition or convention halls, 3 dedicated conference and function spaces, 11 arenas and stadiums, 14 theatres and concert halls and 33 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 27 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 33 event spaces, 8 stadiums, 7 theatres and 5 performing-arts centres, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Richmond Convention Center Annex | convention centre | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Convention Center Parking Deck | convention centre | not published | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
Conference and function space (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce Development & Conference Center Gallery | conference centre | not published | 9.4 km (5.8 mi) |
| Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | hotel with function space | not published | 12 km (7.7 mi) |
| Dewey Gottwald Center | conference centre | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (11)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Stadium | stadium | 22,000 | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| The Richmond Coliseum | arena | 13,553 | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| The Diamond | stadium | 12,134 | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| E. Claiborne Robins Stadium | stadium | 8,700 | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) |
| Siegel Center | arena | 7,637 | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
| Sports Backers Stadium | stadium | 3,250 | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| Richmond International Raceway | stadium | not published | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) |
| The Coliseum-Duplex Envelope Company Building | arena | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| Day Field | stadium | not published | 23 km (15 mi) |
| GreenCity Arena | stadium | not published | 9.7 km (6 mi) |
| Hovey Field | stadium | not published | 1.3 km (0.8 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (14)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altria Theater | theatre | 3,565 | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| Dogwood Dell Amphitheater | concert hall | 2,400 | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| National Theater | performing-arts centre | 1,500 | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Hippodrome Theater | theatre | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Virginia Repertory Theatre | theatre | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Dominion Energy Center | performing-arts centre | not published | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University | performing-arts centre | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| The November Theatre | theatre | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill | performing-arts centre | not published | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
| Ashland Theatre | theatre | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Ember Music Hall | concert hall | not published | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Carpenter Theatre | theatre | not published | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| The Robinson Theater | theatre | not published | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Barksdale Theatre | performing-arts centre | not published | 4.6 km (2.9 mi) |
Independent event spaces (33)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Training Center | event space | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| Commonwealth Event Company | event space | not published | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) |
| The Renaissance | event space | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Gallery5 | event space | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Henrico Sports & Events Center | event space | not published | 14 km (8.5 mi) |
| Byrd Theatre | event space | not published | 1.6 km (1 mi) |
| Grace Street Theater | event space | not published | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
| Henrico Theatre | event space | not published | 12 km (7.4 mi) |
| Walkerton Tavern | event space | not published | 13 km (8 mi) |
| Atlas 42 | event space | not published | 15 km (9.4 mi) |
| Bartizan | event space | not published | 16 km (10 mi) |
| Journey Trails | event space | not published | 33 km (20 mi) |
| Pump It Up | event space | not published | 16 km (9.6 mi) |
| Red Bird Social | event space | not published | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| Reveler | event space | not published | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| The Place at Innsbrook | event space | not published | 15 km (9.4 mi) |
| The Via Club at Pebble Creek | event space | not published | 15 km (9.5 mi) |
| Midtown Green | event space | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| Young Women's Christian Association | event space | not published | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Kingdom of Castles | event space | not published | 8.7 km (5.4 mi) |
| WaterWorks | event space | not published | 31 km (20 mi) |
| Masonic Temple | event space | not published | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Diversity Richmond | event space | not published | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| Historic Pole Green Church Park | event space | not published | 15 km (9.5 mi) |
| St. Alban's Hall | event space | not published | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| The Commonwealth Club | event space | not published | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| Thalhimer Pavilion | event space | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Broad Street Lecture Hall | event space | not published | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| Fresh | event space | not published | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Occasions Event Hall | event space | not published | 11 km (6.5 mi) |
| Perkinson Recital Hall | event space | not published | 7.7 km (4.8 mi) |
| The Camel | event space | not published | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| The Web | event space | not published | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Richmond 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 Richmond
2 venues in Richmond are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Greater Richmond Convention Center Annexsize not published
- Convention Center Parking Decksize 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
Richmond International Airport (RIC) is 14 km (8.7 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
The city runs on New York time (America/New_York). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Midlothian, Hopewell and Petersburg are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Richmond has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- RIC
- Richmond International Airport, 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 233,655
- 1.4 million across the Richmond, VA area
What already comes back to Richmond
Recurring shows on the Richmond calendar include RavenCon and Radio Synchrotron Background Workshop. Check your dates against them: hotel rates and venue availability both move.
- RavenConrecurring event, since 2006
- Radio Synchrotron Background Workshopconvention
Recorded in Wikidata, which covers event series with an encyclopaedia entry. It is a floor rather than a full calendar for Richmond, and it is not a listing service — check dates with the organiser.
The local constraints
The city is smaller than the market
233,655 people live in Richmond itself, but about 1.4 million live in the wider Richmond, VA. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
Choice is not the constraint here
With 63 venues mapped, availability rarely fails. What fails is comparison: shortlist on capacity and distance from the airport first, and only then start touring.
Pricing this against a real Richmond room
A Richmond programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to City Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Richmond dataset — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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 Richmond does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
With a stated ceiling of 22,000 seats, Richmond can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- trade shows and exhibitions
2 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Richmond without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
A 22,000-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 Richmond is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 22,000 takes an audience no conference venue in Richmond can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
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 Richmond?
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 Richmond?
Of the 63 venues mapped in Richmond, the largest stated capacity belongs to City Stadium at 22,000. 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.
Does Richmond have a convention centre?
Yes — 2 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Richmond, including Greater Richmond Convention Center Annex and Convention Center Parking Deck. 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 Richmond?
Richmond International Airport (RIC), about 14 km (8.7 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 Richmond 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 Richmond?
Recurring shows recorded for Richmond include RavenCon and Radio Synchrotron Background Workshop. 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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