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Shea's Hippodrome

Shea's Hippodrome is an event space in Toronto, Ontario. It seats a stated 3,200. 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
3,200
people, as published
Opened
1914
112 years old
From YYZ
20 km (12 mi)
Toronto Pearson International Airport
From the centre
6.2 km (3.9 mi)
of Toronto

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

What Shea's Hippodrome is

It stands at 440 Bay Street, 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from the centre of Toronto.

Shea's Hippodrome was opened in 1914 and operated by Famous Players, which puts it at 112 years old.

At a stated 3,200 this takes an entire conference in one room rather than one track of it.

Address
440 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5G
Operator
Famous Players
Coordinates
43.6518, -79.3824
Classified as
event space

Getting there

Allow half an hour each way to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), 20 km (12 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.

At 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from the centre of Toronto, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.

Toronto has 254 venues mapped in total and a population of 2,794,356. The Toronto guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Formats this suits

A room for 3,200 is a plenary space in practice, whatever it is classified as. It ranks 10th among the 254 venues mapped in Toronto.

  • 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 3,200 covers most community and member meetings.

Pricing a full house here

A Shea's Hippodrome programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Shea's Hippodrome — 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 CA$7 each
CA$6,300for the whole event, at CA$7 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 Shea's Hippodrome, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

4 other venues in Toronto 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, operator, 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
CA$7
per activated attendee beyond 50
CA$6,650
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 Shea's Hippodrome hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 3,200 for Shea's Hippodrome. 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 Shea's Hippodrome?

440 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5G. It is 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from the centre of Toronto. The nearest major airport is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), about 20 km (12 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Shea's Hippodrome?

950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so CA$6,300 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Shea's Hippodrome. The rate is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 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 Shea's Hippodrome?

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 Shea's Hippodrome is booked?

Coca-Cola Coliseum (8,140), Monarch Park Stadium (5,000) and Meridian Hall Main Stage (3,191) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 254 venues in total are mapped in Toronto.

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