Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Everything the open record has on Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, a conference centre in Atlantic City, New Jersey — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 17,000.
- Stated capacity
- 17,000
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1929
- 97 years old
- From PHL
- 90 km (56 mi)
- Philadelphia International Airport
- From the centre
- 1.7 km (1.1 mi)
- of Atlantic City
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall is
It sits in Atlantic City, right in the centre of Atlantic City.
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall was opened in 1929 and operated by Comcast Spectacor, which puts it at 97 years old.
17,000 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.
- Operator
- Comcast Spectacor
- Official site
- www.boardwalkhall.com
- Coordinates
- 39.3550, -74.4386
- Classified as
- conference centre
Getting there
90 km (56 mi) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is far enough to change the shape of the programme: a first morning session will lose the people who flew in that day.
At 1.7 km (1.1 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.
Atlantic City has 17 venues mapped in total and a population of 38,959. The Atlantic City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
This is 1st of 2 dedicated conference and function spaces mapped in Atlantic City. Rooms designed for meetings save you the arguments about power, rigging and load-in that an improvised space produces on the morning of day one.
- training days and workshops
Purpose-built function rooms with the power and load-in a workshop assumes.
- corporate off-sites
Off-sites, kickoffs and planning days all fit the same room set.
- association annual meetings
A 17,000-seat room plus breakouts is an association meeting in one building.
Pricing a full house here
A Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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
3 other venues in Atlantic City have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Bernie Robbins Stadium5,500 seats
- Dante Hall Theater240 seats
- Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotelconvention 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
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- 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, official website, 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 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 17,000 for Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. 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 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall?
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 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. 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 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall?
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 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall is booked?
Bernie Robbins Stadium (5,500), Dante Hall Theater (240) and Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel are in the same city and have their own pages here. 17 venues in total are mapped in Atlantic City.
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Elsewhere in Atlantic City
- Bernie Robbins Stadium
5,500 seats
- Dante Hall Theater
240 seats
- Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel
convention centre
- Hosting an event in Atlantic City
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