Pioneer Playhouse
Everything the open record has on Pioneer Playhouse, a theatre in Lexington, Kentucky — address, size, access and the events it carries.
- Opened
- 1950
- 76 years old
- From LEX
- 46 km (29 mi)
- Blue Grass Airport
- From the centre
- 46 km (29 mi)
- of Lexington
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 Lexington, 46 km (29 mi) from the centre of Lexington.
Pioneer Playhouse was opened in 1950, which puts it at 76 years old.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Pioneer Playhouse 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.
- Official site
- www.pioneerplayhouse.com
- Coordinates
- 37.6389, -84.7567
- Classified as
- theatre
Access and arrival
Blue Grass Airport (LEX) is 46 km (29 mi) away. Build a real transfer window into the arrival day and do not schedule anything important before midday.
This is an out-of-centre venue — 46 km (29 mi) from the middle of Lexington — which usually buys you parking and load-in access in exchange for a transport plan.
Lexington has 15 venues mapped in total and a population of 320,347. The Lexington guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. Pioneer Playhouse is 1st of 1 such house mapped in Lexington.
- 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.
The app bill, at this size
A Pioneer Playhouse programme at 240 activated attendees — a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Lexington — 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.
Other rooms in Lexington
2 other venues in Lexington have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Roy Kidd Stadium22,000 seats
- Alumni Coliseum Lot6,500 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
- 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: year opened, 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.
Questions people actually ask
What is the capacity of Pioneer Playhouse?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Pioneer Playhouse 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.
What does an event app cost for an event at Pioneer Playhouse?
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 Lexington. 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 Pioneer Playhouse?
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 Pioneer Playhouse is booked?
Roy Kidd Stadium (22,000) and Alumni Coliseum Lot (6,500) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 15 venues in total are mapped in Lexington.
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Elsewhere in Lexington
- Roy Kidd Stadium
22,000 seats
- Alumni Coliseum Lot
6,500 seats
- Hosting an event in Lexington
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