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Frost Arena

Frost Arena is an arena in Brookings, South Dakota. It seats a stated 6,500. 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
6,500
people, as published
Opened
1973
53 years old
From FSD
82 km (51 mi)
Sioux Falls Regional Airport
From the centre
1.7 km (1.1 mi)
of Brookings

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 Brookings, right in the centre of Brookings.

Frost Arena was opened in 1973 and owned by South Dakota State University, which puts it at 53 years old.

At a stated 6,500 this takes an entire conference in one room rather than one track of it.

Owner
South Dakota State University
Coordinates
44.3180, -96.7791
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) is 82 km (51 mi) away. Build a real transfer window into the arrival day and do not schedule anything important before midday.

1.7 km (1.1 mi) out from the middle of Brookings — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

Brookings has 19 venues mapped in total and a population of 24,555. The Brookings guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

At 6,500 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

Take 950 people through the door in Frost Arena — sized to the stated capacity of Frost Arena. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

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

Elsewhere in Brookings

3 other venues in Brookings 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. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, 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 Frost Arena hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 6,500 for Frost 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 Frost 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 Frost 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 Frost 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 Frost Arena is booked?

Larson Ice Center (2,600), Crystal Theatre and International Vinegar Museum are in the same city and have their own pages here. 19 venues in total are mapped in Brookings.

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