Rice Stadium
A stadium in Houston, Texas. It seats a stated 47,000. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 47,000
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1950
- 76 years old
- From IAH
- 31 km (19 mi)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- From the centre
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi)
- of Houston
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
The building
It sits in Houston, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from the centre of Houston.
Rice Stadium was opened in 1950 and operated by Rice University, which puts it at 76 years old.
The stated capacity is 47,000, which is stadium scale — the floor and the concourse matter more to an event than the seat count does.
- Operator
- Rice University
- Owner
- Rice University
- Coordinates
- 29.7164, -95.4092
- Classified as
- stadium
Access and arrival
At 31 km (19 mi), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.
At 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from the centre of Houston, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.
Houston has 116 venues mapped in total and a population of 2,390,125. The Houston guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
At 47,000 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 47,000 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
The app bill, at this size
Take 950 people through the door in Rice Stadium — sized to the stated capacity of Rice Stadium. 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.
Other rooms in Houston
4 other venues in Houston have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Reliant Stadium71,054 seats
- NRG Astrodome62,439 seats
- Minute Maid Park42,060 seats
- TDECU Stadium40,000 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
- 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, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.
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
How many people does Rice Stadium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 47,000 for Rice Stadium. 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 Rice Stadium?
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 Rice Stadium. 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 Rice Stadium?
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 Rice Stadium is booked?
Reliant Stadium (71,054), NRG Astrodome (62,439) and Minute Maid Park (42,060) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 116 venues in total are mapped in Houston.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in Houston
- Reliant Stadium
71,054 seats
- NRG Astrodome
62,439 seats
- Minute Maid Park
42,060 seats
- TDECU Stadium
40,000 seats
- Hosting an event in Houston
What kind of event is it
Running an event at Rice Stadium?
Bring the schedule, the invites and the arrivals into one branded app. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.