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CEFCU Arena

CEFCU Arena is an arena in Normal, Illinois. It seats a stated 10,200. 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
10,200
people, as published
Opened
1989
37 years old
From BMI
8 km (5 mi)
Central Illinois Regional Airport
From the centre
0.8 km (0.5 mi)
of Normal

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 232 West College Avenue, 61761, right in the centre of Normal.

CEFCU Arena was opened in 1989 and operated by Illinois State University, which puts it at 37 years old.

10,200 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.

Address
232 West College Avenue, Normal, Illinois 61761, United States
Operator
Illinois State University
Owner
Illinois State University
Coordinates
40.5106, -88.9990
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI) sits 8 km (5 mi) out, so a same-day return is realistic for anyone flying in for one session.

It is central, so a hotel block within walking distance is realistic and you can skip a shuttle entirely.

Normal has 12 venues mapped in total and a population of 53,304. The Normal guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

A room this size is a plenary and nothing else. Keynotes, awards and general sessions work; the breakouts, the exhibition and the catering all have to happen somewhere else, so the venue is really the anchor of a campus rather than the whole event.

  • award ceremonies

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

  • festivals

    An audience of 10,200 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

A CEFCU Arena programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of CEFCU Arena — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.

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 CEFCU Arena, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Normal

2 other venues in Normal 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 CEFCU Arena hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 10,200 for CEFCU 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 CEFCU Arena?

232 West College Avenue, Normal, Illinois 61761, United States. It is 0.8 km (0.5 mi) from the centre of Normal. The nearest major airport is Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI), about 8 km (5 mi) away.

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

Hancock Stadium (13,391) and Normal Theater are in the same city and have their own pages here. 12 venues in total are mapped in Normal.

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