Pan American Center
An arena in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It seats a stated 12,482. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 12,482
- people, as published
- From ELP
- 63 km (39 mi)
- El Paso International Airport
- From the centre
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi)
- of Las Cruces
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Pan American Center is
It sits in Las Cruces, 4.6 km (2.9 mi) from the centre of Las Cruces.
Pan American Center was owned by New Mexico State University.
12,482 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.
- Owner
- New Mexico State University
- Coordinates
- 32.2840, -106.7422
- Classified as
- arena
Getting there
At 63 km (39 mi), El Paso International Airport (ELP) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.
At 4.6 km (2.9 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.
Las Cruces has 12 venues mapped in total and a population of 116,998. The Las Cruces 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 12,482 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
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Pan American Center event sized to the stated capacity of Pan American Center. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- 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
2 other venues in Las Cruces have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Aggie Memorial Stadium30,343 seats
- Hot Springs Tiger Stadium1,120 seats
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. 6 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, 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 Pan American Center hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 12,482 for Pan American Center. 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 Pan American Center?
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 Pan American Center. 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 Pan American 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 Pan American Center is booked?
Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343) and Hot Springs Tiger Stadium (1,120) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 12 venues in total are mapped in Las Cruces.
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Elsewhere in Las Cruces
- Aggie Memorial Stadium
30,343 seats
- Hot Springs Tiger Stadium
1,120 seats
- Hosting an event in Las Cruces
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