Conference venues in Santa Ana
What it takes to run an event in Santa Ana, California: 8 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Los Angeles International Airport is 54 km (34 mi) out.
Yost Theater states a capacity of 1,000. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
The rooms you can book in Santa Ana
Santa Ana has a recorded population of 316,184 (2024), inside the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area of about 13 million people.
What is on the books here: 1 arena or stadium, 3 theatres and concert halls and 4 independent event spaces.
That works out at about 3 venues per hundred thousand residents, so the field is thin relative to the population and the larger rooms book out a long way ahead.
By type that is 4 event spaces, 3 theatres and 1 stadium.
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana Stadium | stadium | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yost Theater | theatre | 1,000 | 0.3 km (0.2 mi) |
| The Frida Cinema | theatre | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| Encore Theatre | theatre | not published | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
Independent event spaces (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Theatre | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
| Civic Center Inn | event space | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Encore Dinner Theatre | event space | not published | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
| The Estate on Second | event space | not published | 0.1 km (0.1 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana can offer
Nothing in Santa Ana is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 1,000 seats, at Yost 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.
Flights, time and distance
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is 54 km (34 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Santa Ana keeps Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
At about 11,550 residents per square mile the city is compact enough that a venue and its hotel block are usually walkable, which removes a shuttle line from your budget.
Tustin, Orange and Garden Grove are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Santa Ana has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- LAX
- Los Angeles International Airport, 54 km (34 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles, in September
- City population, 2024
- 316,184
- 13 million across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
What to check before you commit
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Santa Ana 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.
Arrival is a half-day
54 km (34 mi) from LAX 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
316,184 people live in Santa Ana itself, but about 13 million live in the wider Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 Santa Ana room
A Santa Ana programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Yost Theater, the largest stated capacity in the Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
1,000 seats is the largest room on record, so Santa Ana suits a training programme, a regional chapter meeting or a single-track conference rather than an exhibition.
- 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
What does an event app cost for a 950-person event in Santa Ana?
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 Santa Ana?
Of the 8 venues mapped in Santa Ana, the largest stated capacity belongs to Yost Theater at 1,000. 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.
Can you run a trade show in Santa Ana?
Nothing in the Santa Ana 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 Tustin. For a conference without an exhibition, the 8 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Santa Ana?
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), about 54 km (34 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.
Is there a free tier for a small Santa Ana 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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Running something in Santa Ana?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.