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Bender Arena

An arena in Washington, District of Columbia. It seats a stated 4,500. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
4,500
people, as published
Opened
1988
38 years old
From DCA
10 km (6.2 mi)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
From the centre
6.6 km (4.1 mi)
of Washington

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 sits in Washington, 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the centre of Washington.

Bender Arena was opened in 1988 and operated by American University, which puts it at 38 years old.

At a stated 4,500 this takes an entire conference in one room rather than one track of it.

Operator
American University
Owner
American University
Coordinates
38.9378, -77.0900
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

10 km (6.2 mi) separates Bender Arena from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.

At 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the centre of Washington, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.

Washington has 128 venues mapped in total and a population of 702,250. The Washington guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

At 4,500 seats this takes a full conference in one room. Confirm what the space looks like with the seating cleared, because that is the version most conferences actually book.

  • award ceremonies

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

  • 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 Bender Arena event sized to the stated capacity of Bender 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 Bender Arena, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Washington

4 other venues in Washington 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
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 8 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.

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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 Bender Arena hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 4,500 for Bender 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.

What does an event app cost for an event at Bender 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 Bender 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 Bender 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 Bender Arena is booked?

William H. Greene Stadium (10,000), Charles E. Smith Athletic Center (5,000) and CareFirst Arena (4,200) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 128 venues in total are mapped in Washington.

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