Harry Turpin Stadium
Everything the open record has on Harry Turpin Stadium, a stadium in Alexandria, Louisiana — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 15,971.
- Stated capacity
- 15,971
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1975
- 51 years old
- From AEX
- 70 km (43 mi)
- Alexandria International Airport
- From the centre
- 79 km (49 mi)
- of Alexandria
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 Alexandria, 79 km (49 mi) from the centre of Alexandria.
Harry Turpin Stadium was opened in 1975 and operated by Northwestern State University, which puts it at 51 years old.
A stated 15,971 puts this in arena territory: general sessions and keynotes fit, breakouts need somewhere else.
- Operator
- Northwestern State University
- Owner
- Northwestern State University
- Coordinates
- 31.7472, -93.0961
- Classified as
- stadium
Travel to Harry Turpin Stadium
At 70 km (43 mi), Alexandria International Airport (AEX) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.
At 79 km (49 mi) from the centre of Alexandria, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.
Alexandria has 9 venues mapped in total and a population of 43,133. The Alexandria guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
At 15,971 the seating bowl is the point and the floor is the room you are actually booking. Plan the day around one big moment here and put everything that needs a smaller room in a second building.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- festivals
An audience of 15,971 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 Harry Turpin Stadium
Take 950 people through the door in Harry Turpin Stadium — sized to the stated capacity of Harry Turpin Stadium. 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.
If this one is booked
3 other venues in Alexandria have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Rapides Parish Coliseum6,512 seats
- Prather Coliseumarena
- Riverfront Centerconference centre
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 Harry Turpin Stadium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 15,971 for Harry Turpin 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 Harry Turpin 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 Harry Turpin 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 Harry Turpin 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 Harry Turpin Stadium is booked?
Rapides Parish Coliseum (6,512), Prather Coliseum and Riverfront Center are in the same city and have their own pages here. 9 venues in total are mapped in Alexandria.
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Elsewhere in Alexandria
- Rapides Parish Coliseum
6,512 seats
- Prather Coliseum
arena
- Riverfront Center
conference centre
- Hosting an event in Alexandria
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