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McGaw Memorial Hall

A stadium in Evanston, Illinois. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

Price your eventWhat fits here
From ORD
20 km (12 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
2.9 km (1.8 mi)
of Evanston

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

What McGaw Memorial Hall is

It stands at 2705 Ashland Avenue, 60201, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from the centre of Evanston.

McGaw Memorial Hall was operated by Northwestern University.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for McGaw Memorial Hall 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
2705 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201, United States
Operator
Northwestern University
Coordinates
42.0670, -87.6924
Classified as
stadium

Getting there

O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 20 km (12 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

At 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from the city centre it is a short ride from downtown hotels rather than a walk.

Evanston has 18 venues mapped in total and a population of 76,006. The Evanston 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 10th of 18 venues mapped in Evanston.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

Pricing a full house here

Take 240 people through the door in McGaw Memorial Hall — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Evanston. 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 McGaw Memorial Hall, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

4 other venues in Evanston 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. 5 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, operator, encyclopaedia entry, 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 McGaw Memorial Hall?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for McGaw Memorial Hall 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 McGaw Memorial Hall?

2705 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201, United States. It is 2.9 km (1.8 mi) from the centre of Evanston. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 20 km (12 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at McGaw Memorial Hall?

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 Evanston. 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 McGaw Memorial Hall?

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 McGaw Memorial Hall is booked?

Piven Theatre, The Block Museum of Art and Evanston Civic Center are in the same city and have their own pages here. 18 venues in total are mapped in Evanston.

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