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Gene Siskel Film Center

An event space in Chicago, Illinois. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Opened
1972
54 years old
From ORD
25 km (16 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
4.3 km (2.7 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 Gene Siskel Film Center is

It stands at 164 N. State Street, 4.3 km (2.7 mi) from the centre of Chicago.

Gene Siskel Film Center was opened in 1972 and operated by School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which puts it at 54 years old.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Gene Siskel Film Center in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.

Address
164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Operator
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Coordinates
41.8850, -87.6283
Classified as
event space

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.

4.3 km (2.7 mi) out from the middle of Chicago — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

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

Think of it as one room in a bigger plan: a training day, a members' evening, a committee that needs to be in the same place. It is 71st of 231 venues mapped in Chicago.

  • 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.

Pricing a full house here

Take 240 people through the door in Gene Siskel Film Center — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Chicago. 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
240activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
190billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$950for 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 Gene Siskel Film Center, 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
  • 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: street address, year opened, operator, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.

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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

What is the capacity of Gene Siskel Film Center?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Gene Siskel Film Center appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.

Where is Gene Siskel Film Center?

164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60601. It is 4.3 km (2.7 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 Gene Siskel Film Center?

240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Chicago. 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 Gene Siskel Film 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 Gene Siskel Film Center is booked?

Uptown Theatre, Biograph Theater and Symphony Center are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.

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