Conference venues in Massachusetts
Where to put an event in Massachusetts. 47 cities, 390 venues, and the practical differences between them.
Gillette Stadium states the largest capacity in the state. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Massachusetts in figures
Massachusetts is a state of United States of about 7.0 million people. Boston is the capital.
The mapped inventory comes to 15 exhibition or convention halls, 35 dedicated conference and function spaces, 55 arenas and stadiums, 98 theatres and concert halls and 187 independent event spaces.
The largest stated capacity anywhere in the state is 68,756, which is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme here.
- Capital
- Boston
- has a guide
- Cities covered
- 47
- 37 with their own guide
- Venues mapped
- 390
- 15 convention or exhibition
One time zone across the whole state: New York time (America/New_York). Publish the schedule in it and nothing else needs saying.
The largest venues in Massachusetts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillette Stadium | Canton | stadium | 68,756 |
| Alumni Stadium | Boston | stadium | 44,500 |
| Fenway Park | Boston | stadium | 37,499 |
| Harvard Stadium | Boston | stadium | 30,323 |
| Fitton Field | Worcester | stadium | 23,500 |
| TD Garden | Boston | stadium | 18,624 |
| Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium | Northampton | stadium | 17,000 |
| DCU Center | Worcester | convention centre | 14,800 |
| Nickerson Field | Boston | stadium | 10,412 |
| Polar Park | Worcester | stadium | 10,000 |
| William D. Mullins Memorial Center | Northampton | arena | 9,493 |
| Silvio O. Conte Forum | Boston | arena | 8,606 |
Massachusetts city by city
47 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.
| City | Population | Venues mapped |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 673,458 | 182 |
| Worcester | 211,286 | 24 |
| Springfield | 154,888 | 15 |
| Lowell | 120,418 | 11 |
| Brockton | 105,788 | 9 |
| Lynn | 103,489 | 6 |
| Quincy | 103,434 | 6 |
| New Bedford | 101,318 | 6 |
| Fall River | 94,689 | 2 |
| Newton | 90,700 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 89,332 | 2 |
| Framingham | 73,361 | 4 |
| Haverhill | 68,291 | 2 |
| Waltham | 65,849 | 3 |
| Framingham Center | 65,413 | 2 |
| Taunton | 61,936 | 1 |
| Weymouth | 60,159 | 7 |
| Peabody | 55,418 | 7 |
| North Chicopee | 55,179 | 3 |
| Methuen | 54,272 | 1 |
| Barnstable | 49,831 | 12 |
| Beverly | 43,223 | 10 |
| Pittsfield | 43,121 | 18 |
| Marlborough | 42,169 | 3 |
| Westfield | 40,403 | 2 |
| Beverly Cove | 40,365 | 4 |
| Shrewsbury | 33,893 | 1 |
| Lexington | 31,394 | 3 |
| Northampton | 31,315 | 17 |
| Wellesley | 27,982 | 1 |
| Yarmouth | 25,243 | 6 |
| Wakefield | 24,932 | 2 |
| Dedham | 24,729 | 2 |
| Canton | 21,679 | 3 |
| Southbridge | 18,106 | 4 |
| South Hadley | 17,652 | 2 |
| Greenfield | 17,633 | 4 |
Also in Massachusetts, with nothing mapped yet to build a guide from: Cambridge, Dorchester, Somerville, Malden, Revere, Medford, Brookline, Chicopee, Everett and South Peabody. They appear here rather than as pages with three facts on them.
What an event costs here
A Massachusetts programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Gillette Stadium in Canton, the largest stated capacity in the Massachusetts 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 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.
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
Which Massachusetts city is best for a conference?
It depends on how many people you need to seat and how they arrive. Boston has the deepest venue list in this state. 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 Massachusetts?
390 venues across 47 cities are mapped in this dataset, of which 15 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts?
Gillette Stadium, at a stated 68,756. 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 Massachusetts.
Keep reading
Start with a city
- Hosting an event in Boston
182 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Worcester
24 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Springfield
15 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Lowell
11 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Brockton
9 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Lynn
6 venues mapped
Running something in Massachusetts?
Pick the city, then let the app do the schedule, the invites and the arrivals. Free for your first 50 activated attendees.