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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place

Everything the open record has on Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, a theatre in Chicago, Illinois — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 549.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
549
people, as published
Opened
1976
50 years old
From ORD
25 km (16 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
5.8 km (3.6 mi)
of Chicago

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What Broadway Playhouse at Water is

It stands at 175 E. Chestnut Street, 60611, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) from the centre of Chicago.

Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place was opened in 1976, operated by Broadway In Chicago and owned by General Growth Properties, which puts it at 50 years old.

549 is the kind of number that suits training, a chapter meeting or one track of a larger programme.

Address
175 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Operator
Broadway In Chicago
Owner
General Growth Properties
Coordinates
41.8979, -87.6224
Classified as
theatre

Getting there

Allow half an hour each way to O'Hare International Airport (ORD), 25 km (16 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.

At 5.8 km (3.6 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.

Chicago has 231 venues mapped in total and a population of 2,721,308. The Chicago guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Formats this suits

Programme this as a theatre, because that is what it is. One track, one stage, an audience facing the same way and 549 of them. Catering and breakouts need a second space nearby.

  • 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.

Pricing a full house here

Suppose 550 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place event sized to the stated capacity of Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.

activated attendees
550activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
500billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$2,500for 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.

1,000
activated attendees at Broadway Playhouse at Water, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

4 other venues in Chicago have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

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. 11 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website and more.

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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.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 549 for Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. 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 Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place?

175 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611. It is 5.8 km (3.6 mi) from the centre of Chicago. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 25 km (16 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place?

550 activated attendees means 500 billable after the free 50, so $2,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. 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 Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place?

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 Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place is booked?

Holly Theatre (1,000), Bottom Lounge (700) and Lincoln Hall (507) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.

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