Verizon Wireless Center
An arena in Mankato, Minnesota. It seats a stated 5,280. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 5,280
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1995
- 31 years old
- From MSP
- 101 km (63 mi)
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.9 km (0.6 mi)
- of Mankato
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What the record holds
It sits in Mankato, right in the centre of Mankato.
Verizon Wireless Center was opened in 1995, which puts it at 31 years old.
At a stated 5,280 this takes an entire conference in one room rather than one track of it.
- Official site
- www.verizonwirelesscentermn.com
- Coordinates
- 44.1661, -94.0046
- Classified as
- arena
How attendees reach it
At 101 km (63 mi), Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.
Being 0.9 km (0.6 mi) from the middle of Mankato means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.
Mankato has 17 venues mapped in total and a population of 46,459. The Mankato guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Programming it
A room for 5,280 is a plenary space in practice, whatever it is classified as. It ranks 1st among the 17 venues mapped in Mankato.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
What event67 costs at this capacity
Take 950 people through the door in Verizon Wireless Center — sized to the stated capacity of Verizon Wireless 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.
Elsewhere in Mankato
One other venue in Mankato has enough published detail for its own guide.
- Blakeslee 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, official website, 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 Verizon Wireless Center hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 5,280 for Verizon Wireless 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 Verizon Wireless 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 Verizon Wireless 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 Verizon Wireless 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 Verizon Wireless Center is booked?
Blakeslee Stadium is in the same city and have their own pages here. 17 venues in total are mapped in Mankato.
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