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Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater

Everything the open record has on Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater, an event space in New York City, New York — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 1,114.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
1,114
people, as published
Opened
1921
105 years old
From JFK
22 km (14 mi)
John F. Kennedy International Airport
From the centre
5.5 km (3.4 mi)
of New York City

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 stands at 215 West 49th Street, 5.5 km (3.4 mi) from the centre of New York City.

Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater was opened in 1921 and owned by The Shubert Organization, which puts it at 105 years old.

The stated 1,114 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.

Address
215 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10019
Owner
The Shubert Organization
Coordinates
40.7611, -73.9850
Classified as
event space

Travel to Chicago The Musical Ambassador

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is 22 km (14 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

5.5 km (3.4 mi) out from the middle of New York City — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

New York City has 509 venues mapped in total and a population of 8,478,072. The New York City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

What fits in this room

At 1,114 seats this takes a full conference in one room. Confirm what the space looks like with the seating cleared, because that is the version most conferences actually book.

  • networking mixers

    An independent space with its own character, which a mixer benefits from more than a conference does.

  • fundraisers and galas

    A room with a personality is worth more at a gala than square footage is.

  • community meetings

    Room for 1,114 covers most community and member meetings.

A worked example for Chicago The Musical Ambassador

A Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater — 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.

1,000
activated attendees at Chicago The Musical Ambassador, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

If this one is booked

4 other venues in New York City 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
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance 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 Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 1,114 for Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater. 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 Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater?

215 West 49th Street, New York, NY 10019. It is 5.5 km (3.4 mi) from the centre of New York City. The nearest major airport is John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 22 km (14 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater?

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 Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater. 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 Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater?

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 Chicago The Musical Ambassador Theater is booked?

Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (1,200), Broadhurst Theatre (1,186) and Eugene O'Neill Theatre (1,108) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 509 venues in total are mapped in New York City.

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