Hosting an event in Virginia Beach
This guide covers 14 mapped venues in Virginia Beach, Virginia, what each one holds, and how attendees get to them. Virginia Beach Convention Center is the best-documented room in the set.
The rooms you can book in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach has a recorded population of 454,808 (2024), inside the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area of about 1.8 million people.
Across the city the dataset records 1 exhibition or convention hall, 2 dedicated conference and function spaces, 1 arena or stadium, 1 theatre or concert hall and 9 independent event spaces.
That works out at about 3 venues per hundred thousand residents, so the field is thin relative to the population and the larger rooms book out a long way ahead.
By type that is 9 event spaces, 1 convention centre, 1 performing-arts centre and 1 hotel with function space, plus a longer tail below.
Exhibition and convention halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach Convention Center | convention centre | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanaire Resort & Conference Center | hotel with function space | not published | 1.1 km (0.7 mi) |
| Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 149 km (93 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach Sportsplex | stadium | not published | 14 km (8.6 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandler Center for the Performing Arts | performing-arts centre | not published | 14 km (8.8 mi) |
Independent event spaces (9)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Ampitheater | event space | not published | 15 km (9.1 mi) |
| 757 EVENTS | event space | not published | 11 km (6.6 mi) |
| The Flyway Lodge | event space | not published | 35 km (21 mi) |
| Village Beach Club | event space | not published | 108 km (67 mi) |
| Y Not Wednesdays at Town Center | event space | not published | 14 km (8.8 mi) |
| Shiloh Sound Collective | event space | not published | 69 km (43 mi) |
| Currituck Shooting Club | event space | not published | 65 km (40 mi) |
| Event Junkie Venue | event space | not published | 13 km (8.3 mi) |
| The Barn at Keeper's Gallery | event space | not published | 106 km (66 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Virginia Beach 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
One venue in Virginia Beach is classified as exhibition or convention space.
- Virginia Beach Convention Centersize 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 Virginia Beach
Norfolk International Airport (ORF) is 20 km (12 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
The city runs on New York time (America/New_York). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Chesapeake, Norfolk and Portsmouth are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Virginia Beach has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- ORF
- Norfolk International Airport, 20 km (12 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−4
- America/New_York, in September
- City population, 2024
- 454,808
- 1.8 million across the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area
Things that catch organizers out here
No published capacities
Not one Virginia Beach 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.
The city is smaller than the market
454,808 people live in Virginia Beach itself, but about 1.8 million live in the wider Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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 Virginia Beach
Take 240 people through the door in Virginia Beach — a mid-sized Virginia Beach programme, since no Virginia Beach venue publishes a capacity in open data. 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
- 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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- trade shows and exhibitions
1 exhibition or convention hall means a booth plan is possible in Virginia Beach without renting a marquee.
- multi-track conferences
The exhibition space here doubles as plenary space when the floor is cleared.
- association annual meetings
An association meeting needs one big room, several small ones and a hotel block, which is the combination Virginia Beach is set up for.
- award ceremonies
1 fixed-seat house gives you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of it.
- training days and workshops
2 purpose-built function spaces are the easiest kind of room to run a workshop in — the power and the load-in already assume 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
How much is event67 for a 240-attendee Virginia Beach conference?
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 Virginia Beach hold?
No Virginia Beach venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 14 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.
Does Virginia Beach have a convention centre?
Yes — 1 venue is classified as exhibition or convention space in Virginia Beach, including Virginia Beach Convention Center. 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 Virginia Beach?
Norfolk International Airport (ORF), about 20 km (12 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/New_York; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Can I run a small Virginia Beach event on event67 for nothing?
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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