Beckman Auditorium
A theatre in Pasadena, California. It seats a stated 1,136. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 1,136
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1964
- 62 years old
- From LAX
- 34 km (21 mi)
- Los Angeles International Airport
- From the centre
- 2 km (1.2 mi)
- of Pasadena
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 sits in Pasadena, 2 km (1.2 mi) from the centre of Pasadena.
Beckman Auditorium was opened in 1964, which puts it at 62 years old.
The stated 1,136 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.
- Official site
- auditoriums.caltech.edu/beckman-auditorium
- Coordinates
- 34.1392, -118.1255
- Classified as
- theatre
Access and arrival
34 km (21 mi) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is far enough to change the shape of the programme: a first morning session will lose the people who flew in that day.
The centre of Pasadena is 2 km (1.2 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.
Pasadena has 23 venues mapped in total and a population of 137,195. The Pasadena guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.
- 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
A Beckman Auditorium programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Beckman Auditorium — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- 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.
Other rooms in Pasadena
3 other venues in Pasadena have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Pasadena Playhouse686 seats
- Pasadena Convention Center - A, B and Ballroomconvention centre
- Castle Greenevent 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.
- 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. 5 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, official website, nearest airport with distance.
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 Beckman Auditorium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 1,136 for Beckman Auditorium. 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 Beckman Auditorium?
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 Beckman Auditorium. 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 Beckman 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 Beckman Auditorium is booked?
Pasadena Playhouse (686), Pasadena Convention Center - A, B and Ballroom and Castle Green are in the same city and have their own pages here. 23 venues in total are mapped in Pasadena.
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Elsewhere in Pasadena
- Pasadena Playhouse
686 seats
- Pasadena Convention Center - A, B and Ballroom
convention centre
- Castle Green
event space
- Hosting an event in Pasadena
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