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Benchmark International Arena

Benchmark International Arena is an arena in Tampa, Florida. It seats a stated 19,204. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
19,204
people, as published
Opened
1996
30 years old
From TPA
9 km (5.6 mi)
Tampa International Airport
From the centre
0.8 km (0.5 mi)
of Tampa

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What the record holds

It stands at 401 Channelside Drive, 33602, right in the centre of Tampa.

Benchmark International Arena was opened in 1996, operated by Tampa Bay Lightning and owned by government of Hillsborough County, which puts it at 30 years old.

19,204 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.

Address
401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, Florida 33602, United States
Operator
Tampa Bay Lightning
Owner
government of Hillsborough County
Coordinates
27.9428, -82.4519
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

Tampa International Airport (TPA) is 9 km (5.6 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.

Tampa has 40 venues mapped in total and a population of 414,547. The Tampa guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

At 19,204 the seating bowl is the point and the floor is the room you are actually booking. Plan the day around one big moment here and put everything that needs a smaller room in a second building.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • festivals

    An audience of 19,204 is festival scale, not conference scale.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Benchmark International Arena event sized to the stated capacity of Benchmark International Arena. 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 room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at Benchmark International Arena, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Tampa

4 other venues in Tampa have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 11 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website and more.

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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.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Benchmark International Arena hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 19,204 for Benchmark International Arena. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.

Where is Benchmark International Arena?

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, Florida 33602, United States. It is 0.8 km (0.5 mi) from the centre of Tampa. The nearest major airport is Tampa International Airport (TPA), about 9 km (5.6 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Benchmark International Arena?

950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Benchmark International Arena. 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.

Is event67 affiliated with Benchmark International Arena?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if Benchmark International Arena is booked?

Raymond James Stadium (65,890), Phillips Field (20,000) and Expo Hall (10,425) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 40 venues in total are mapped in Tampa.

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