Ed Smith Stadium
Everything the open record has on Ed Smith Stadium, a stadium in Sarasota, Florida — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 8,500.
- Stated capacity
- 8,500
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1989
- 37 years old
- From SRQ
- 6 km (3.7 mi)
- Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- From the centre
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi)
- of Sarasota
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
About this venue
It sits in Sarasota, right in the centre of Sarasota.
Ed Smith Stadium was opened in 1989, operated by Baltimore Orioles and owned by Sarasota, which puts it at 37 years old.
8,500 is hall scale — a full general session, or an exhibition floor with the seating cleared.
- Operator
- Baltimore Orioles
- Owner
- Sarasota
- Coordinates
- 27.3478, -82.5172
- Classified as
- stadium
Travel to Ed Smith Stadium
6 km (3.7 mi) to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ). At that distance the transfer is not a planning problem, which is rarer than it sounds.
At 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.
Sarasota has 6 venues mapped in total and a population of 57,764. The Sarasota guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
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 8,500 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
A worked example for Ed Smith Stadium
A Ed Smith Stadium programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Ed Smith Stadium — 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.
If this one is booked
3 other venues in Sarasota have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Sarasota Opera House1,119 seats
- Van Wezel Performing Arts Hallperforming-arts centre
- Benderson Family Finish Towerevent space
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.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Ed Smith Stadium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 8,500 for Ed Smith Stadium. 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 Ed Smith Stadium?
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 Ed Smith Stadium. 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 Ed Smith Stadium?
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 Ed Smith Stadium is booked?
Sarasota Opera House (1,119), Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and Benderson Family Finish Tower are in the same city and have their own pages here. 6 venues in total are mapped in Sarasota.
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Elsewhere in Sarasota
- Sarasota Opera House
1,119 seats
- Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
performing-arts centre
- Benderson Family Finish Tower
event space
- Hosting an event in Sarasota
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