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Portage Theatre

An event space in Chicago, Illinois. It seats a stated 2,250. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
2,250
people, as published
Opened
1920
106 years old
From ORD
13 km (8.1 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
14 km (8.8 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.

What the record holds

It stands at 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 14 km (8.8 mi) from the centre of Chicago.

Portage Theatre was opened in 1920, which puts it at 106 years old.

2,250 seats covers a single-track conference, an awards night or a mid-sized annual meeting.

Address
4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641
Coordinates
41.9542, -87.7484
Classified as
event space

How attendees reach it

Allow half an hour each way to O'Hare International Airport (ORD), 13 km (8.1 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.

At 14 km (8.8 mi) from the centre of Chicago, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.

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.

Programming it

A room for 2,250 is a plenary space in practice, whatever it is classified as. It ranks 18th among the 231 venues mapped in Chicago.

  • networking mixers

    An independent space with its own character, which a mixer benefits from more than a conference does.

  • fundraisers and galas

    A room with a personality is worth more at a gala than square footage is.

  • community meetings

    Room for 2,250 covers most community and member meetings.

What event67 costs at this capacity

A Portage Theatre programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Portage Theatre — 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.

1,000
activated attendees at Portage Theatre, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Chicago

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.

  • 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. 8 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, stated capacity, capacity sizing, 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.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Portage Theatre hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 2,250 for Portage Theatre. 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 Portage Theatre?

4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641. It is 14 km (8.8 mi) from the centre of Chicago. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 13 km (8.1 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Portage Theatre?

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 Portage Theatre. 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 Portage Theatre?

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 Portage Theatre is booked?

Cadillac Palace Theatre (2,344), James M. Nederlander Theatre (2,253) and Copernicus Center with the Mitchell P. Kobelinski Theater (1,890) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.

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