Holding an event in The Villages
The Villages, Florida has 2 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.
What The Villages has to put people in
The Villages has a recorded population of 51,442, in Florida.
The mapped inventory is 2 independent event spaces.
By type that is 2 event spaces.
Independent event spaces (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Blossom Opry | event space | not published | 6.6 km (4.1 mi) |
| Masonic Temple of Citrus Lodge No. 118, F. and A.M. | event space | not published | 38 km (23 mi) |
Every venue mapped in The Villages 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.
Flights, time and distance
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is 85 km (53 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
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.
Ocala, Clermont and Apopka are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if The Villages has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MCO
- Orlando International Airport, 85 km (53 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population
- 51,442
- GeoNames (cities15000)
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the The Villages 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.
No published capacities
Not one The Villages 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
85 km (53 mi) from MCO means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
The bill for a The Villages programme
A The Villages programme at 240 activated attendees — a mid-sized The Villages programme, since no The Villages 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 The Villages does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
What sort of event fits here
No capacity is published for any The Villages venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- community meetings
Nothing in The Villages publishes a capacity, so start with the format that scales down: a single room, one track, no exhibition.
- networking mixers
A mixer works in almost any room, which makes it the safe first event in a new city.
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.
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 The Villages 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 The Villages hold?
No The Villages venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 2 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.
Can you run a trade show in The Villages?
Nothing in the The Villages 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 Ocala. For a conference without an exhibition, the 2 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for The Villages?
Orlando International Airport (MCO), about 85 km (53 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 The Villages 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.
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Running something in The Villages?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.