Event venues across Pennsylvania
Choosing a host city in Pennsylvania: 33 cities covered here, 647 venues between them, and what each one can actually hold.
James A. Beaver Stadium states the largest capacity in the state. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
The numbers behind this state
Pennsylvania is a state of United States of about 13 million people. Harrisburg is the capital, though Philadelphia is the largest city.
Counted by purpose, Pennsylvania holds 39 exhibition or convention halls, 76 dedicated conference and function spaces, 105 arenas and stadiums, 83 theatres and concert halls and 344 independent event spaces.
The largest stated capacity anywhere in the state is 106,572, which is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme here.
- Capital
- Harrisburg
- has a guide
- Largest city
- Philadelphia
- 1.6 million people
- Cities covered
- 33
- 33 with their own guide
- Venues mapped
- 647
- 39 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.
Pennsylvania's headline venues
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A. Beaver Stadium | State College | stadium | 106,572 |
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia | stadium | 70,000 |
| Lincoln Financial Field | Philadelphia | stadium | 68,532 |
| Acrisure Stadium | Pittsburgh | stadium | 65,500 |
| PNC Park | Pittsburgh | stadium | 37,898 |
| New Beaver Field | State College | stadium | 30,000 |
| Freedom Mortgage Pavilion | Philadelphia | performing-arts centre | 25,000 |
| Subaru Park | Philadelphia | stadium | 18,500 |
| PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | arena | 18,387 |
| Goodman Stadium | Bethlehem | stadium | 16,000 |
| Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain | Scranton | event space | 16,000 |
| Hersheypark Stadium | Harrisburg | stadium | 15,641 |
Host cities across Pennsylvania
33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,573,916 | 132 |
| Pittsburgh | 307,668 | 67 |
| Allentown | 127,138 | 28 |
| Reading | 96,000 | 20 |
| Erie | 92,940 | 31 |
| Bethlehem | 79,453 | 19 |
| Scranton | 75,905 | 20 |
| Bensalem | 60,427 | 7 |
| Lancaster | 58,441 | 34 |
| Abington | 55,310 | 8 |
| Levittown | 52,983 | 2 |
| Harrisburg | 50,649 | 24 |
| Havertown | 50,430 | 3 |
| York | 45,241 | 15 |
| Wilkes-Barre | 44,661 | 10 |
| Altoona | 42,719 | 24 |
| State College | 41,228 | 37 |
| Bethel Park | 32,376 | 11 |
| Radnor | 30,878 | 12 |
| Easton | 30,432 | 16 |
| Hazleton | 30,354 | 13 |
| Cranberry Township | 28,098 | 17 |
| Monroeville | 27,966 | 11 |
| Williamsport | 27,628 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 26,456 | 6 |
| Plum | 26,420 | 8 |
| Chambersburg | 23,041 | 7 |
| Carlisle | 22,517 | 7 |
| Phoenixville | 20,286 | 15 |
| Upper Saint Clair | 19,229 | 6 |
| Lansdale | 19,154 | 2 |
| Johnstown | 17,853 | 20 |
| Hanover | 16,728 | 2 |
Pricing a Pennsylvania programme
A Pennsylvania programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to James A. Beaver Stadium in State College, the largest stated capacity in the Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania city is best for a conference?
It depends on how many people you need to seat and how they arrive. Philadelphia has the deepest venue list in this state, while Harrisburg, 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 Pennsylvania?
647 venues across 33 cities are mapped in this dataset, of which 39 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania?
James A. Beaver Stadium, at a stated 106,572. 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 Pennsylvania.
Keep reading
Start with a city
- Hosting an event in Philadelphia
132 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Pittsburgh
67 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Allentown
28 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Reading
20 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Erie
31 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Bethlehem
19 venues mapped
Running something in Pennsylvania?
Pick the city, then let the app do the schedule, the invites and the arrivals. Free for your first 50 activated attendees.