Houck Field
Everything the open record has on Houck Field, a stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 11,015.
- Stated capacity
- 11,015
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1930
- 96 years old
- From CGI
- 10 km (6.2 mi)
- Cape Girardeau Regional Airport
- From the centre
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi)
- of Cape Girardeau
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 Cape Girardeau, right in the centre of Cape Girardeau.
Houck Field was opened in 1930 and operated by Southeast Missouri State University, which puts it at 96 years old.
A stated 11,015 puts this in arena territory: general sessions and keynotes fit, breakouts need somewhere else.
- Operator
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Owner
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Official site
- semoredhawks.com/facilities/houck-field/20
- Coordinates
- 37.3094, -89.5311
- Classified as
- stadium
Travel to Houck Field
10 km (6.2 mi) separates Houck Field from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Cape Girardeau has 12 venues mapped in total and a population of 40,818. The Cape Girardeau guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
At 11,015 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 11,015 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 Houck Field
Take 950 people through the door in Houck Field — sized to the stated capacity of Houck Field. 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
2 other venues in Cape Girardeau have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Show Me Center6,972 seats
- Osage 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, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance.
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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 Houck Field hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 11,015 for Houck Field. 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 Houck Field?
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 Houck Field. 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 Houck Field?
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 Houck Field is booked?
Show Me Center (6,972) and Osage Center are in the same city and have their own pages here. 12 venues in total are mapped in Cape Girardeau.
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- Show Me Center
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- Osage Center
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