Yuma: venues, access and capacity
What it takes to run an event in Yuma, Arizona: 6 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport is 59 km (37 mi) out.
Desert Sun Stadium states a capacity of 7,500. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Venues in Yuma, by what they are for
Yuma has a recorded population of 103,559 (2024), inside the Yuma, AZ area of about 220,000 people.
What is on the books here: 1 dedicated conference and function space, 1 arena or stadium and 4 independent event spaces.
By type that is 4 event spaces, 1 stadium and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pivot Point Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
Arenas and stadiums (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Sun Stadium | stadium | 7,500 | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
Independent event spaces (4)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandolfo Theatre | event space | not published | 0.4 km (0.2 mi) |
| Yuma Civic Center | event space | not published | 7.2 km (4.5 mi) |
| Paradise Casino | event space | not published | 1.4 km (0.9 mi) |
| Masonic Temple | event space | not published | 0.2 km (0.1 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Yuma 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.
The biggest spaces Yuma can offer
Nothing in Yuma is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so the largest rooms here are arenas, theatres and function spaces. The ceiling is 7,500 seats, at Desert Sun Stadium.
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.
Arrival logistics
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL) is 59 km (37 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
The city runs on Phoenix time (America/Phoenix). Schedules published in one zone and read in another are the most common cause of a half-empty first session.
Population density is around 855 per square mile, so venues and hotels are spread out. Assume a shuttle or a parking plan rather than a walkable core.
Indio, Palm Desert and Lake Havasu City are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Yuma has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MXL
- General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport, 59 km (37 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Phoenix, in September
- City population, 2024
- 103,559
- 220,000 across the Yuma, AZ area
What to check before you commit
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Yuma dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so a trade floor needs either an arena floor, a fairground, or a nearby city. Check the arena listings above before you promise exhibitors a booth plan.
Arrival is a half-day
59 km (37 mi) from MXL means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
Pricing this against a real Yuma room
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Yuma event sized to Desert Sun Stadium, the largest stated capacity in the Yuma dataset. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Yuma does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
With a stated ceiling of 7,500 seats, Yuma can carry a full trade show or a multi-track annual meeting without splitting the audience across buildings.
- multi-track conferences
A 7,500-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 Yuma is set up for.
- training days and workshops
1 purpose-built function space is 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.
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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
What does an event app cost for a 950-person event in Yuma?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 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.
What is the largest venue in Yuma?
Of the 6 venues mapped in Yuma, the largest stated capacity belongs to Desert Sun Stadium at 7,500. 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.
Can you run a trade show in Yuma?
Nothing in the Yuma dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre. A trade floor here means an arena floor, a fairground or a venue in a nearby city such as Indio. For a conference without an exhibition, the 6 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Yuma?
General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL), about 59 km (37 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Phoenix; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Is there a free tier for a small Yuma event?
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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Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.