Putting on an event in Silver Spring
Silver Spring, Maryland has 3 mapped venues in this dataset. Here is the shape of them, who they suit, and what an event67 rollout costs once you have picked one.
Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center states a capacity of 616. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Venues in Silver Spring, by what they are for
Silver Spring has a recorded population of 71,452, in Maryland.
The mapped inventory is 1 dedicated conference and function space and 2 theatres and concert halls.
By type that is 1 performing-arts centre, 1 theatre and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Douglas Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center | performing-arts centre | 616 | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center | theatre | 400 | 0.7 km (0.4 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Silver Spring 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.
Top of the capacity range
Nothing in Silver Spring is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 616 seats, at Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center.
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.
Getting attendees to Silver Spring
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is 15 km (9.3 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.
Bethesda, College Park and Washington are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Silver Spring has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- DCA
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 15 km (9.3 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population
- 71,452
- GeoNames (cities15000)
The local constraints
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Silver Spring 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 bill for a Silver Spring programme
Suppose 600 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Silver Spring event sized to Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, the largest stated capacity in the Silver Spring dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 600activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 550billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $2,750for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Silver Spring does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
What sort of event fits here
616 seats is the largest room on record, so Silver Spring suits a training programme, a regional chapter meeting or a single-track conference rather than an exhibition.
- award ceremonies
2 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.
- leadership retreats
Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Silver Spring has them.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- 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
Price a Silver Spring event at 600 attendees — what is the total?
600 activated attendees means 550 billable after the free 50, so $2,750 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 Silver Spring?
Of the 3 venues mapped in Silver Spring, the largest stated capacity belongs to Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center at 616. 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 Silver Spring?
Nothing in the Silver Spring 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 Bethesda. For a conference without an exhibition, the 3 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Silver Spring?
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), about 15 km (9.3 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.
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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