Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Everything the open record has on Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, an arena in Rapid City, South Dakota — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 10,000.
- Stated capacity
- 10,000
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1977
- 49 years old
- From RAP
- 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Rapid City Regional Airport
- From the centre
- 1 km (0.6 mi)
- of Rapid City
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
About this venue
It sits in Rapid City, right in the centre of Rapid City.
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center was opened in 1977 and operated by Rapid City, which puts it at 49 years old.
A stated 10,000 puts this in arena territory: general sessions and keynotes fit, breakouts need somewhere else.
- Operator
- Rapid City
- Owner
- Rapid City
- Coordinates
- 44.0885, -103.2258
- Classified as
- arena
Travel to Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) is 14 km (8.7 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
Being 1 km (0.6 mi) from the middle of Rapid City means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.
Rapid City has 17 venues mapped in total and a population of 79,894. The Rapid City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
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 10,000 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
A worked example for Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Take 950 people through the door in Rushmore Plaza Civic Center — sized to the stated capacity of Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. 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.
If this one is booked
3 other venues in Rapid City have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium3,500 seats
- Comfort Suites Hotel & Convention Center Rapid Cityhotel with function space
- O'Harra Stadiumstadium
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. 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.
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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 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 10,000 for Rushmore Plaza Civic 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 Rushmore Plaza Civic 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 Rushmore Plaza Civic 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 Rushmore Plaza Civic 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 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is booked?
Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium (3,500), Comfort Suites Hotel & Convention Center Rapid City and O'Harra Stadium are in the same city and have their own pages here. 17 venues in total are mapped in Rapid City.
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Elsewhere in Rapid City
- Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium
3,500 seats
- Comfort Suites Hotel & Convention Center Rapid City
hotel with function space
- O'Harra Stadium
stadium
- Hosting an event in Rapid City
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