Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a convention centre in Santa Monica, California. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.
- Opened
- 1958
- 68 years old
- From LAX
- 10 km (6.2 mi)
- Los Angeles International Airport
- From the centre
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi)
- of Santa Monica
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is
It stands at 1855 Main Street, right in the centre of Santa Monica.
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was opened in 1958, which puts it at 68 years old.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 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
- 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Official site
- www.smgov.net/departments/ccs/civicauditorium
- Coordinates
- 34.0089, -118.4890
- Classified as
- convention centre
Getting there
Allow half an hour each way to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 10 km (6.2 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.
Being 1.2 km (0.7 mi) from the middle of Santa Monica means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.
Santa Monica has 26 venues mapped in total and a population of 90,729. The Santa Monica guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
An exhibition building is bought by the square foot, not the seat. What decides whether your show fits is column spacing, ceiling height and how many trucks can be on the dock at once, so ask Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for the hall sheet rather than a capacity number.
- trade shows and exhibitions
Built as a floor rather than a seating plan, which is what an exhibition needs.
- multi-track conferences
The same hall subdivides into tracks once the booths come out.
- career fairs
A booth grid and a single controlled entrance is the whole requirement.
Pricing a full house here
A Santa Monica Civic Auditorium programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Santa Monica — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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
4 other venues in Santa Monica have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Magicopolis150 seats
- Saint Matthew's Episcopal churchevent space
- Theatricum Botanicumtheatre
- Santa Monica Playhouseevent space
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. 6 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, year opened, 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
What is the capacity of Santa Monica Civic Auditorium?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 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 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium?
1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. It is 1.2 km (0.7 mi) from the centre of Santa Monica. The nearest major airport is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), about 10 km (6.2 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium?
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 Santa Monica. 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 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium?
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 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is booked?
Magicopolis (150), Saint Matthew's Episcopal church and Theatricum Botanicum are in the same city and have their own pages here. 26 venues in total are mapped in Santa Monica.
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Elsewhere in Santa Monica
- Magicopolis
150 seats
- Saint Matthew's Episcopal church
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- Theatricum Botanicum
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- Santa Monica Playhouse
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