Iowa Field House
Everything the open record has on Iowa Field House, an arena in Iowa City, Iowa — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 13,365.
- Stated capacity
- 13,365
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1927
- 99 years old
- From CID
- 29 km (18 mi)
- The Eastern Iowa Airport
- From the centre
- 1.4 km (0.9 mi)
- of Iowa City
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Iowa Field House is
It sits in Iowa City, right in the centre of Iowa City.
Iowa Field House was opened in 1927 and operated by University of Iowa, which puts it at 99 years old.
13,365 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.
- Operator
- University of Iowa
- Owner
- University of Iowa
- Coordinates
- 41.6586, -91.5465
- Classified as
- arena
Getting there
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is 29 km (18 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Iowa City has 13 venues mapped in total and a population of 76,710. The Iowa City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
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 13,365 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
Pricing a full house here
Take 950 people through the door in Iowa Field House — sized to the stated capacity of Iowa Field House. 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.
Nearby alternatives
4 other venues in Iowa City have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Iowa Field30,000 seats
- Carver–Hawkeye Arena15,400 seats
- Englert Theatre725 seats
- Duane Banks Fieldarena
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, operator, owner, 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 Iowa Field House hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 13,365 for Iowa Field House. 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 Iowa Field House?
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 Iowa Field House. 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 Iowa Field House?
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 Iowa Field House is booked?
Iowa Field (30,000), Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,400) and Englert Theatre (725) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 13 venues in total are mapped in Iowa City.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in Iowa City
- Iowa Field
30,000 seats
- Carver–Hawkeye Arena
15,400 seats
- Englert Theatre
725 seats
- Duane Banks Field
arena
- Hosting an event in Iowa City
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