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E. J. Thomas Hall

E. J. Thomas Hall is a performing-arts centre in Akron, Ohio. It seats a stated 2,955. 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
2,955
people, as published
Opened
1973
53 years old
From CLE
46 km (29 mi)
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
From the centre
0.5 km (0.3 mi)
of Akron

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

The building

It stands at 198 Hill Street, right in the centre of Akron.

E. J. Thomas Hall was opened in 1973 and owned by University of Akron, which puts it at 53 years old.

The stated 2,955 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.

Address
198 Hill Street, Akron, OH 44325
Owner
University of Akron
Coordinates
41.0786, -81.5151
Classified as
performing-arts centre

Access and arrival

At 46 km (29 mi), Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.

Being 0.5 km (0.3 mi) from the middle of Akron means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.

Akron has 26 venues mapped in total and a population of 189,664. The Akron guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

The kind of event it takes

Programme this as a theatre, because that is what it is. One track, one stage, an audience facing the same way and 2,955 of them. Catering and breakouts need a second space nearby.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

The app bill, at this size

Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a E. J. Thomas Hall event sized to the stated capacity of E. J. Thomas Hall. 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 E. J. Thomas Hall, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Other rooms in Akron

4 other venues in Akron 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. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance 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 E. J. Thomas Hall hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 2,955 for E. J. Thomas Hall. 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 E. J. Thomas Hall?

198 Hill Street, Akron, OH 44325. It is 0.5 km (0.3 mi) from the centre of Akron. The nearest major airport is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), about 46 km (29 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at E. J. Thomas Hall?

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 E. J. Thomas Hall. 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 E. J. Thomas Hall?

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 E. J. Thomas Hall is booked?

James A. Rhodes Arena (5,500), League Park (5,000) and Akron Civic Theatre (2,592) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 26 venues in total are mapped in Akron.

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