August Wilson African American Cultural Center
Everything the open record has on August Wilson African American Cultural Center, a performing-arts centre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 472.
- Stated capacity
- 472
- people, as published
- Opened
- 2009
- 17 years old
- From PIT
- 23 km (14 mi)
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi)
- of Pittsburgh
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 stands at 980 Liberty Avenue, right in the centre of Pittsburgh.
August Wilson African American Cultural Center was opened in 2009, which puts it at 17 years old.
A stated 472 makes this a breakout or workshop room rather than a plenary space.
- Address
- 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- Official site
- aacc-awc.org
- Coordinates
- 40.4433, -79.9957
- Classified as
- performing-arts centre
Access and arrival
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is 23 km (14 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Pittsburgh has 67 venues mapped in total and a population of 307,668. The Pittsburgh guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. August Wilson African American Cultural Center is 6th of 21 such houses mapped in Pittsburgh.
- award ceremonies
Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.
- product launches
A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.
- multi-track conferences
Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.
The app bill, at this size
Take 470 people through the door in August Wilson African American Cultural Center — sized to the stated capacity of August Wilson African American Cultural 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
- 470activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 420billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $2,100for 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 Pittsburgh
4 other venues in Pittsburgh have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- O'Reilly Theater650 seats
- Pittsburgh Playhouse550 seats
- Kelly-Strayhorn Theater350 seats
- Harris Theatre200 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
- 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: street address, 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 August Wilson African American Cultural Center hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 472 for August Wilson African American Cultural 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.
Where is August Wilson African American Cultural Center?
980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. It is 0.3 km (0.2 mi) from the centre of Pittsburgh. The nearest major airport is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), about 23 km (14 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at August Wilson African American Cultural Center?
470 activated attendees means 420 billable after the free 50, so $2,100 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of August Wilson African American Cultural 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 August Wilson African American Cultural 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 August Wilson African American Cultural Center is booked?
O'Reilly Theater (650), Pittsburgh Playhouse (550) and Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (350) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 67 venues in total are mapped in Pittsburgh.
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- O'Reilly Theater
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- Pittsburgh Playhouse
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- Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
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- Harris Theatre
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