Varsity Gymnasium
Everything the open record has on Varsity Gymnasium, an arena in Boone, North Carolina — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 8,000.
- Stated capacity
- 8,000
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1968
- 58 years old
- From TRI
- 71 km (44 mi)
- Tri-Cities Regional Airport
- From the centre
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi)
- of Boone
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 Boone, right in the centre of Boone.
Varsity Gymnasium was opened in 1968 and owned by Appalachian State University, which puts it at 58 years old.
8,000 is hall scale — a full general session, or an exhibition floor with the seating cleared.
- Owner
- Appalachian State University
- Coordinates
- 36.2134, -81.6810
- Classified as
- arena
Travel to Varsity Gymnasium
71 km (44 mi) to Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI) is far enough to change the shape of the programme: a first morning session will lose the people who flew in that day.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Boone has 13 venues mapped in total and a population of 20,080. The Boone guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
At 8,000 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 8,000 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 Varsity Gymnasium
Take 950 people through the door in Varsity Gymnasium — sized to the stated capacity of Varsity Gymnasium. 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 Boone have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Kidd Brewer Stadium30,000 seats
- George M. Holmes Convocation Centerstadium
- ASU Soccer 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. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, 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 Varsity Gymnasium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 8,000 for Varsity Gymnasium. 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 Varsity Gymnasium?
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 Varsity Gymnasium. 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 Varsity Gymnasium?
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 Varsity Gymnasium is booked?
Kidd Brewer Stadium (30,000), George M. Holmes Convocation Center and ASU Soccer Stadium are in the same city and have their own pages here. 13 venues in total are mapped in Boone.
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- Kidd Brewer Stadium
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- George M. Holmes Convocation Center
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- ASU Soccer Stadium
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