Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center
Everything the open record has on Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center, a hotel with function space in Urbandale, Iowa — address, size, access and the events it carries.
- From DSM
- 13 km (8.1 mi)
- Des Moines International Airport
- From the centre
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
- of Urbandale
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Ramada Tropics Resort & is
It stands at 5000 Merle Hay Road, 50322, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from the centre of Urbandale.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference 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.
- Address
- 5000 Merle Hay Road, Urbandale, Iowa 50322, United States
- Official site
- www.ramadatropicsresort.com
- Coordinates
- 41.6506, -93.6994
- Classified as
- hotel with function space
Getting there
13 km (8.1 mi) separates Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center from Des Moines International Airport (DSM) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.
The centre of Urbandale is 2.9 km (1.8 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.
The published number for the venue is +1 515-200-2398.
Urbandale has 4 venues mapped in total and a population of 47,759. The Urbandale guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
Purpose-built function space is the easiest kind of venue to run a conference in, because the rooms, the power and the load-in already assume it. Confirm which rooms are contiguous and which are on different floors — that is what decides whether your breakouts feel like one event.
- 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.
- leadership retreats
Smaller, quieter rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does.
Pricing a full house here
Take 240 people through the door in Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Urbandale. 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
- 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
One other venue in Urbandale has enough published detail for its own guide.
- Buccaneer Arena3,408 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.
- 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. 5 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, official website, published phone, nearest airport with distance.
Last updated
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 Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference 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.
Where is Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center?
5000 Merle Hay Road, Urbandale, Iowa 50322, United States. It is 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from the centre of Urbandale. The nearest major airport is Des Moines International Airport (DSM), about 13 km (8.1 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference 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 Urbandale. 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 Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference 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 Ramada Tropics Resort & Conference Center is booked?
Buccaneer Arena (3,408) is in the same city and have their own pages here. 4 venues in total are mapped in Urbandale.
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Elsewhere in Urbandale
- Buccaneer Arena
3,408 seats
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Running an event at Ramada Tropics Resort &?
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