Hilliard Gates Sports Center
Everything the open record has on Hilliard Gates Sports Center, an arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana — address, size, access and the events it carries.
- Opened
- 1981
- 45 years old
- From FWA
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Fort Wayne International Airport
- From the centre
- 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
- of Fort Wayne
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Hilliard Gates Sports Center is
It sits in Fort Wayne, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) from the centre of Fort Wayne.
Hilliard Gates Sports Center was opened in 1981 and operated by Purdue University Fort Wayne, which puts it at 45 years old.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Hilliard Gates Sports Center in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.
- Operator
- Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Coordinates
- 41.1190, -85.1076
- Classified as
- arena
Getting there
Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is 17 km (11 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
At 2.2 km (1.4 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.
Fort Wayne has 35 venues mapped in total and a population of 273,203. The Fort Wayne guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
This is a room for a workshop, a chapter meeting, a training day or one track of a larger programme. Anything with an exhibition attached needs a second space.
- 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.
Pricing a full house here
A Hilliard Gates Sports Center programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Fort Wayne — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $950for 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.
Nearby alternatives
2 other venues in Fort Wayne have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Parkview Fieldstadium
- Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadiumstadium
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. 5 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: year opened, operator, 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
What is the capacity of Hilliard Gates Sports Center?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Hilliard Gates Sports Center appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.
What does an event app cost for an event at Hilliard Gates Sports Center?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Fort Wayne. 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 Hilliard Gates Sports Center?
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 Hilliard Gates Sports Center is booked?
Parkview Field and Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium are in the same city and have their own pages here. 35 venues in total are mapped in Fort Wayne.
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