Planning a conference in Thousand Oaks
This guide covers 5 mapped venues in Thousand Oaks, California, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is the best-documented room in the set.
Where Thousand Oaks holds a crowd
Thousand Oaks has a recorded population of 124,229 (2024), inside the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area of about 835,000 people.
Across the city the dataset records 2 arenas and stadiums, 1 theatre or concert hall and 2 independent event spaces.
By type that is 2 arenas, 2 event spaces and 1 performing-arts centre.
Arenas and stadiums (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone Fieldhouse | arena | not published | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center | arena | not published | 7.2 km (4.5 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza | performing-arts centre | not published | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
Independent event spaces (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conejo Players Theatre | event space | not published | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
| Malibu West Beach Club | event space | not published | 16 km (9.7 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Thousand Oaks 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.
Getting attendees to Thousand Oaks
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is 47 km (29 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Thousand Oaks keeps Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Simi Valley, Camarillo and Oxnard are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Thousand Oaks has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- LAX
- Los Angeles International Airport, 47 km (29 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles, in September
- City population, 2024
- 124,229
- 835,000 across the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA area
The local constraints
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Thousand Oaks 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 Thousand Oaks 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
47 km (29 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
124,229 people live in Thousand Oaks itself, but about 835,000 live in the wider Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
A worked example, sized to Thousand Oaks
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Thousand Oaks event a mid-sized Thousand Oaks programme, since no Thousand Oaks venue publishes a capacity in open data. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- 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 Thousand Oaks does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Which kind of event this suits
No capacity is published for any Thousand Oaks venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- 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.
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 240-person event in Thousand Oaks?
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 Thousand Oaks hold?
No Thousand Oaks venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 5 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 Thousand Oaks?
Nothing in the Thousand Oaks 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 Simi Valley. For a conference without an exhibition, the 5 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Thousand Oaks?
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), about 47 km (29 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 Thousand Oaks 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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Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.