Payne Whitney Gymnasium
Everything the open record has on Payne Whitney Gymnasium, an arena in New Haven, Connecticut — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 2,532.
- Stated capacity
- 2,532
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1932
- 94 years old
- From JFK
- 103 km (64 mi)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.6 km (0.4 mi)
- of New Haven
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
The building
It sits in New Haven, right in the centre of New Haven.
Payne Whitney Gymnasium was opened in 1932, which puts it at 94 years old.
The stated 2,532 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.
- Coordinates
- 41.3136, -72.9306
- Classified as
- arena
Access and arrival
At 103 km (64 mi), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.
It is central, so a hotel block within walking distance is realistic and you can skip a shuttle entirely.
New Haven has 32 venues mapped in total and a population of 137,562. The New Haven guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
2,532 is enough for a whole programme in a single room, which removes the hardest logistics problem an event has. Ask what the room looks like empty — the seated figure and the usable one are rarely the same.
- 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.
The app bill, at this size
A Payne Whitney Gymnasium programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Payne Whitney Gymnasium — 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.
Other rooms in New Haven
4 other venues in New Haven have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Ingalls Rink3,500 seats
- Reese Stadium3,000 seats
- Shubert Theatre1,600 seats
- Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center600 seats
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. 6 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, 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.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Payne Whitney Gymnasium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 2,532 for Payne Whitney Gymnasium. 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.
What does an event app cost for an event at Payne Whitney Gymnasium?
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 Payne Whitney Gymnasium. 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 Payne Whitney Gymnasium?
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 Payne Whitney Gymnasium is booked?
Ingalls Rink (3,500), Reese Stadium (3,000) and Shubert Theatre (1,600) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 32 venues in total are mapped in New Haven.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in New Haven
- Ingalls Rink
3,500 seats
- Reese Stadium
3,000 seats
- Shubert Theatre
1,600 seats
- Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center
600 seats
- Hosting an event in New Haven
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