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McCormick Place South Building

McCormick Place South Building is an exhibition centre in Chicago, Illinois. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

Price your eventWhat fits here
From ORD
28 km (17 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
2.8 km (1.7 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.

About this venue

It stands at 2301 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, 60616, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from the centre of Chicago.

McCormick Place South Building was operated by Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for McCormick Place South Building 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
2301 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
Operator
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
Coordinates
41.8520, -87.6162
Classified as
exhibition centre

Travel to McCormick Place South Building

28 km (17 mi) separates McCormick Place South Building from O'Hare International Airport (ORD) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.

The centre of Chicago is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.

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.

What fits in this room

An exhibition building is bought by the square foot, not the seat. What decides whether your show fits is column spacing, ceiling height and how many trucks can be on the dock at once, so ask McCormick Place South Building for the hall sheet rather than a capacity number.

What already runs here

  • Chicago Auto Showannual event, since 1901
  • LeakyConrecurring event, since 2009

Recorded in Wikidata, which covers event series with an encyclopaedia entry. The venue's own calendar is the authority on availability.

A worked example for McCormick Place South Building

A McCormick Place South Building programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Chicago — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.

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 McCormick Place South Building, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

If this one is booked

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.

  • 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. 8 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, operator, official website, encyclopaedia entry, recurring events, event calendar, nearest airport with distance.

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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 McCormick Place South Building?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for McCormick Place South Building 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 McCormick Place South Building?

2301 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States. It is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from the centre of Chicago. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 28 km (17 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at McCormick Place South Building?

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.

What events are held at McCormick Place South Building?

Recurring events recorded against McCormick Place South Building include Chicago Auto Show and LeakyCon. This comes from Wikidata and covers series with an encyclopaedia entry, so it is a floor rather than the venue's full calendar. The venue's own site is the authority on availability.

Is event67 affiliated with McCormick Place South Building?

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 McCormick Place South Building is booked?

Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre, McCormick Place Convention Center and Steppenwolf Theatre Company are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.

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