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Pabst Theater

Pabst Theater is a theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It seats a stated 1,339. 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
Stated capacity
1,339
people, as published
Opened
1895
131 years old
From MKE
11 km (6.8 mi)
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
From the centre
0.4 km (0.2 mi)
of Milwaukee

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

What the record holds

It stands at 144 E. Wells Street, 53202-3519, right in the centre of Milwaukee.

Pabst Theater was opened in 1895 and operated by Pabst Theater Foundation, which puts it at 131 years old.

1,339 seats covers a single-track conference, an awards night or a mid-sized annual meeting.

Address
144 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Operator
Pabst Theater Foundation
Official site
pabsttheater.org
Coordinates
43.0411, -87.9107
Classified as
theatre

How attendees reach it

Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is 11 km (6.8 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

Being 0.4 km (0.2 mi) from the middle of Milwaukee means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.

The published number for the venue is +1 414 286 3663.

Milwaukee has 124 venues mapped in total and a population of 563,531. The Milwaukee guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.

  • 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.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Take 950 people through the door in Pabst Theater — sized to the stated capacity of Pabst Theater. 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
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 Pabst Theater, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Milwaukee

4 other venues in Milwaukee 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, official website, encyclopaedia entry and more.

Last updated

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 Pabst Theater hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 1,339 for Pabst 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 Pabst Theater?

144 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. It is 0.4 km (0.2 mi) from the centre of Milwaukee. The nearest major airport is Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE), about 11 km (6.8 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Pabst 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 Pabst 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 Pabst 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 Pabst Theater is booked?

Oriental Theatre (1,530), Marquette Gymnasium (1,500) and Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts (758) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 124 venues in total are mapped in Milwaukee.

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