Vancouver venues, capacity and access
This guide covers 94 mapped venues in Vancouver, British Columbia, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. BC Place is the largest room on record at 54,500 seats.
BC Place states a capacity of 54,500. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
What Vancouver has to put people in
Vancouver has a recorded population of 662,248 (2021), in British Columbia.
Across the city the dataset records 3 exhibition or convention halls, 5 dedicated conference and function spaces, 9 arenas and stadiums, 30 theatres and concert halls and 47 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 14 venues per hundred thousand residents, which is a dense field for a city this size — you will usually have a second choice at the same capacity.
By type that is 47 event spaces, 15 performing-arts centres, 13 theatres and 7 stadiums, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (3)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Convention Centre | convention centre | 2,452 | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) |
| Hastings Park | fairground | not published | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Vancouver Convention Centre West | convention centre | not published | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) |
Conference and function space (5)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Western Premier Chateau Granville Hotel & Suites & Conference Centre | hotel with function space | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Cedars Inn Hotel & Convention Center | hotel with function space | not published | 34 km (21 mi) |
| Riverside Palace Banquet Hall | banquet hall | not published | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) |
| South Hall Banquet and Wedding Palace | banquet hall | not published | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) |
| River Rock Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 5.8 km (3.6 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (9)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC Place | stadium | 54,500 | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Rogers Arena | arena | 18,422 | 3.2 km (2 mi) |
| Pacific Coliseum | arena | 16,281 | 6.9 km (4.3 mi) |
| Swangard Stadium | stadium | 5,288 | 7.4 km (4.6 mi) |
| Thunderbird Stadium | stadium | 3,500 | 9.1 km (5.7 mi) |
| Malkin Bowl | stadium | not published | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
| Nat Bailey Stadium | stadium | not published | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Agrodome | stadium | not published | 6.9 km (4.3 mi) |
| Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium | stadium | not published | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (30)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Auditorium) | theatre | 2,765 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Orpheum | theatre | 2,672 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| The Centre For Performing Arts | performing-arts centre | 1,800 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Chan Shun Concert Hall | concert hall | 1,369 | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| Vogue Theatre | performing-arts centre | 1,280 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Rickshaw Theatre | theatre | 1,000 | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
| Vancouver Playhouse (Auditorium) | theatre | 668 | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
| Metro Theatre Auditorium | theatre | 300 | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Telus Studio Theatre | theatre | 275 | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| ANNEX | theatre | 191 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Firehall Arts Centre | performing-arts centre | 175 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| York Theatre | theatre | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | performing-arts centre | not published | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
| The Cultch | performing-arts centre | not published | 4.9 km (3 mi) |
| Scotiabank Dance Centre | performing-arts centre | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| The Western Front | performing-arts centre | not published | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
| H. R. MacMillan Space Centre | performing-arts centre | not published | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
| Bard On The Beach (Summer Only) | theatre | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | performing-arts centre | not published | 10 km (6.4 mi) |
| Contemporary Art Gallery | performing-arts centre | not published | 3.2 km (2 mi) |
| Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | performing-arts centre | not published | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| Fletcher Challenge Canada | theatre | 200 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Canadian Music Centre in BC | performing-arts centre | not published | 3.2 km (2 mi) |
| Progress 1422 | performing-arts centre | not published | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
| Hollywood Theatre | theatre | not published | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) |
| Hearth Gallery | performing-arts centre | not published | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Dunbar Theatre | theatre | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | performing-arts centre | not published | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
| Kitsilano Showboat | theatre | not published | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Pyatt Hall | concert hall | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
Independent event spaces (47)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orpheum Auditorium | event space | 2,672 | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Grosvenor Theatre | event space | 488 | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| The Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre | event space | 440 | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| Rio Theatre | event space | 420 | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
| West Coast Reduction Stage | event space | 355 | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| The BlueShore at CapU | event space | 327 | 10 km (6.4 mi) |
| The Permanent | event space | 250 | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| The Faris Family Studio | event space | 200 | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Historic Theatre | event space | 191 | 4.9 km (3 mi) |
| Bowen Theatre | event space | 179 | 22 km (13 mi) |
| Mainstage Theatre | event space | 175 | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Vancouver International Film Centre | event space | 175 | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Pacific Cinémathèque | event space | 155 | 3.3 km (2.1 mi) |
| McEwen Theatre | event space | 145 | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| Vancity Culture Lab | event space | 74 | 4.9 km (3 mi) |
| Murray Adaskin Salon | event space | 40 | 3.2 km (2 mi) |
| Progress Lab 1422 Studio | event space | not published | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) |
| Commodore Ballroom | event space | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Park Theatre | event space | not published | 0.6 km (0.4 mi) |
| Pacific National Exhibition | event space | not published | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| River Rock Casino Resort | event space | not published | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | event space | not published | 10 km (6.3 mi) |
| DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | event space | not published | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) |
| Railway Club | event space | not published | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| Esperlus Venue | event space | not published | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) |
| Green Auto Music | event space | not published | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Little Mountain Gallery | event space | not published | 3.9 km (2.4 mi) |
| Celebrities Nightclub | event space | not published | 3.4 km (2.1 mi) |
| Hycroft | event space | not published | 1.5 km (0.9 mi) |
| Brockton Pavilion | event space | not published | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
| Industrial 236 | event space | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Maritime Labour Centre | event space | not published | 5.4 km (3.4 mi) |
| Penthouse Events Suite | event space | not published | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
| Red Gate Arts Society | event space | not published | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| The Chapel | event space | not published | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) |
| The Hargrove | event space | not published | 2.4 km (1.5 mi) |
| The Modern Vancouver | event space | not published | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
| Underground Comedy Club | event space | not published | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| Indian Summer Festival | event space | not published | 2.7 km (1.7 mi) |
| PNE Garden Auditorium | event space | not published | 6.7 km (4.2 mi) |
| At The Waldorf | event space | not published | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Fraserview Hall | event space | not published | 4.9 km (3 mi) |
| Polish Veterans Association in BC | event space | not published | 2.8 km (1.7 mi) |
| Stanley Park Pavilion | event space | not published | 5.7 km (3.5 mi) |
| The FOMO | event space | not published | 3.6 km (2.2 mi) |
| Edgewater Casino | event space | not published | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Floral Hall | event space | not published | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Vancouver 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.
Where an exhibition fits
3 venues in Vancouver are classified as exhibition or convention space. They are the only rooms here designed around a floor plan rather than a seating plan.
- Harbour Convention Centre2,452 seats
- Hastings Park6,673,624 sq ft footprint
- Vancouver Convention Centre Westsize not published
Capacities are the figure the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published. They are usually the seated maximum, and the same room in banquet or reception layout can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want before you plan around a number.
Getting attendees to Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) sits 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, close enough that a same-day arrival is realistic for most of your speakers.
The city runs on Vancouver time (America/Vancouver). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
North Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Vancouver has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- YVR
- Vancouver International Airport, 8 km (5 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Vancouver, in September
- City population, 2021
- 662,248
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (table 98-10-0002)
Who else books Vancouver
Recurring shows on the Vancouver calendar include TED2014, TED2015, TED2016 and TED2017. Check your dates against them: hotel rates and venue availability both move.
- TED2014convention, since 2014
- TED2015convention, since 2015
- TED2016convention, since 2016
- TED2017convention, since 2017
- World Urban Forum 3convention
- The 55th annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguisticsacademic conference
- Thirty-third Conference on Neural Information Processing Systemsacademic conference
- Thirty-fourth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systemsacademic conference
- Twenty-Second Conference on Artificial Intelligenceacademic conference
- 35th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligenceacademic conference
Recorded in Wikidata, which covers event series with an encyclopaedia entry. It is a floor rather than a full calendar for Vancouver, and it is not a listing service — check dates with the organiser.
Before you hold a date
Choice is not the constraint here
With 94 venues mapped, availability rarely fails. What fails is comparison: shortlist on capacity and distance from the airport first, and only then start touring.
Check the city calendar first
Vancouver carries recurring shows including TED2014, TED2015 and TED2016. Hotel rates and venue availability move sharply around them, so pick your dates against that calendar rather than against your own.
A worked example, sized to Vancouver
Take 950 people through the door in Vancouver — sized to BC Place, the largest stated capacity in the Vancouver dataset. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at CA$7 each
- CA$6,300for the whole event, at CA$7 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Vancouver does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Which kind of event this suits
With a stated ceiling of 54,500 seats, Vancouver can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- trade shows and exhibitions
3 exhibition or convention halls mean a booth plan is possible in Vancouver without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
A 54,500-seat room carries a plenary with breakouts running alongside it.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination Vancouver is set up for.
- festivals
An arena or stadium floor at 54,500 takes an audience no conference venue in Vancouver can.
- sports tournaments
The same rooms already run fixtures, so load-in and crowd flow are solved.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Contains information from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, used under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- 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
- CA$7
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- CA$6,650
- 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
How much is event67 for a 950-attendee Vancouver conference?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so CA$6,300 for the event. The price is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 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 largest venue in Vancouver?
Of the 94 venues mapped in Vancouver, the largest stated capacity belongs to BC Place at 54,500. Capacities in open data are the figure the venue itself published, and they are the seated number rather than a standing or exhibition figure, so confirm the layout you actually want before you plan around it.
Does Vancouver have a convention centre?
Yes — 3 venues are classified as exhibition or convention space in Vancouver, including Harbour Convention Centre, Hastings Park and Vancouver Convention Centre West. Exhibition halls are booked by floor area rather than by seat, so ask for the hall sheet with column spacing and load-in access rather than a capacity number.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Vancouver?
Vancouver International Airport (YVR), about 8 km (5 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Vancouver; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
What happens under 50 attendees?
One live event with up to 50 activated attendees costs nothing. Beyond that it is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 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 events already happen in Vancouver?
Recurring shows recorded for Vancouver include TED2014, TED2015, TED2016 and TED2017. This list comes from Wikidata and covers series with an encyclopaedia entry, so it is a floor rather than a full calendar. Check your dates against it: hotel rates and venue availability both move around a returning show.
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- Holding an event in Richmond
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- Holding an event in Burnaby
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- Holding an event in New Westminster
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- Holding an event in Delta
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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.