Hosting an event in California
Where to put an event in California. 207 cities, 1,538 venues, and the practical differences between them.
Rose Bowl states the largest capacity in the state. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
California in figures
California is a state of United States of about 40 million people. Sacramento is the capital, though Los Angeles is the largest city.
Across the state the dataset records 83 exhibition or convention halls, 170 dedicated conference and function spaces, 182 arenas and stadiums, 281 theatres and concert halls and 822 independent event spaces.
The largest stated capacity anywhere in the state is 92,542, which is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme here.
- Capital
- Sacramento
- has a guide
- Largest city
- Los Angeles
- 3.9 million people
- Cities covered
- 207
- 157 with their own guide
- Venues mapped
- 1,538
- 84 convention or exhibition
One time zone across the whole state: Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles). Publish the schedule in it and nothing else needs saying.
The largest venues in California
Ranked by stated capacity, then by how much the record can prove. Open data rarely publishes a capacity for a convention centre, so a hall may sit below an arena here without being the smaller room.
| Venue | City | Type | Stated capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Bowl | Los Angeles | stadium | 92,542 |
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles | arena | 77,500 |
| SoFi Stadium | Los Angeles | stadium | 70,000 |
| Levi's Stadium | San Jose | stadium | 68,500 |
| Oakland Coliseum & Oracle Arena Parking Lots (A, F, D, H) | Oakland | arena | 63,122 |
| California Memorial Stadium | Berkeley | stadium | 62,467 |
| Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles | stadium | 56,000 |
| Angel Stadium of Anaheim | Anaheim | stadium | 43,250 |
| Petco Park | San Diego | stadium | 42,302 |
| Oracle Park | San Francisco | stadium | 41,915 |
| Valley Children's Stadium | Fresno | stadium | 41,031 |
| Oakland Ballpark | Oakland | stadium | 34,000 |
California city by city
207 in the dataset, largest first. Each guide covers that city's venues, its airport, its local time and a worked price for an event of that size.
Also in California, with nothing mapped yet to build a guide from: Glendale, Garden Grove, Valencia, Santa Clara, East Los Angeles, Carlsbad, Murrieta, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Jurupa Valley, Rialto, Hesperia, Daly City, Arden-Arcade, Compton, South Gate, Citrus Heights, Whittier, Perris, Alhambra, Tustin, Alameda, Chino Hills, Bellflower, Apple Valley, Tulare, Baldwin Park, Madera, Yorba Linda, Union City and Lynwood, and 20 more. They appear here rather than as pages with three facts on them.
What an event costs here
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a California event sized to Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, the largest stated capacity in the California dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the free 50
- 900billable, after the free 50
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
Where this data comes from
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Administrative attributes and the population figure from Wikidata, CC0 (Wikidata (P1082)).
- City populations 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
Which California city is best for a conference?
It depends on how many people you need to seat and how they arrive. Los Angeles has the deepest venue list in this state, while Sacramento, the capital, carries the government and association calendar. The table above ranks every covered city by how many venues are mapped in it, which is the closest proxy to choice you will get before you start calling.
How many event venues are there in California?
1,538 venues across 207 cities are mapped in this dataset, of which 84 are convention, exhibition or conference facilities. That is what open data records, not a complete registry — small function rooms inside hotels and community buildings are consistently under-mapped everywhere.
What does event67 cost for a California event?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. The rate 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 biggest venue in California?
Rose Bowl, at a stated 92,542. That is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme anywhere in the state; above it you are splitting the audience across buildings or looking outside California.
Keep reading
Start with a city
- Hosting an event in Los Angeles
261 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in San Diego
70 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in San Jose
65 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in San Francisco
161 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Fresno
24 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Sacramento
25 venues mapped
Running something in California?
Pick the city, then let the app do the schedule, the invites and the arrivals. Free for your first 50 activated attendees.