Stagg Field
A stadium in Chicago, Illinois. It seats a stated 1,650. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 1,650
- people, as published
- From ORD
- 32 km (20 mi)
- O'Hare International Airport
- From the centre
- 7.3 km (4.5 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.
The building
It sits in Chicago, 7.3 km (4.5 mi) from the centre of Chicago.
Stagg Field was owned by University of Chicago.
The stated 1,650 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.
- Owner
- University of Chicago
- Coordinates
- 41.7939, -87.6039
- Classified as
- stadium
Access and arrival
O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is 32 km (20 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 — 7.3 km (4.5 mi) from the middle of Chicago — which usually buys you parking and load-in access in exchange for a transport plan.
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.
The kind of event it takes
A room for 1,650 is a plenary space in practice, whatever it is classified as. It ranks 22nd among the 231 venues mapped in Chicago.
- 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 Stagg Field programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Stagg Field — 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 Chicago
4 other venues in Chicago have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- CIBC Theatre1,800 seats
- United Artists Theatre1,703 seats
- Patio Theater1,494 seats
- Concord Music Hall1,490 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, owner, 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 Stagg Field hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 1,650 for Stagg Field. 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 Stagg Field?
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 Stagg Field. 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 Stagg Field?
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 Stagg Field is booked?
CIBC Theatre (1,800), United Artists Theatre (1,703) and Patio Theater (1,494) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.
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Elsewhere in Chicago
- CIBC Theatre
1,800 seats
- United Artists Theatre
1,703 seats
- Patio Theater
1,494 seats
- Concord Music Hall
1,490 seats
- Hosting an event in Chicago
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