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The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden

An arena in New York City, New York. It seats a stated 20,789. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

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Stated capacity
20,789
people, as published
Opened
1968
58 years old
From JFK
22 km (14 mi)
John F. Kennedy International Airport
From the centre
4.2 km (2.6 mi)
of New York City

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 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, 10001, 4.2 km (2.6 mi) from the centre of New York City.

The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden was opened in 1968, operated by Altice USA and owned by Madison Square Garden Sports, which puts it at 58 years old.

20,789 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.

Address
4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York 10001, N.Y.
Operator
Altice USA
Owner
Madison Square Garden Sports
Coordinates
40.7505, -73.9935
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

22 km (14 mi) separates The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.

4.2 km (2.6 mi) out from the middle of New York City — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

The published number for the venue is +1-212-465-6741.

New York City has 509 venues mapped in total and a population of 8,478,072. The New York City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

At 20,789 the seating bowl is the point and the floor is the room you are actually booking. Plan the day around one big moment here and put everything that needs a smaller room in a second building.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • festivals

    An audience of 20,789 is festival scale, not conference scale.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

What already runs here

  • Woodstock '79music festival

Recorded in Wikidata, which covers event series with an encyclopaedia entry. The venue's own calendar is the authority on availability.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden event sized to the stated capacity of The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.

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 The Hulu Theater at Madison, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in New York City

4 other venues in New York City 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
  • 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. 14 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website and more.

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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 The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 20,789 for The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. 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 The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden?

4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York 10001, N.Y.. It is 4.2 km (2.6 mi) from the centre of New York City. The nearest major airport is John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 22 km (14 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden?

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 The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. 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.

What events are held at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden?

Recurring events recorded against The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden include Woodstock '79. This comes from Wikidata and covers series with an encyclopaedia entry, so it is a floor rather than the venue's full calendar. The venue's own site is the authority on availability.

Is event67 affiliated with The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden?

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 The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden is booked?

Proposed domed Brooklyn Dodgers stadium (52,000), Sports Illustrated Stadium (25,189) and Meadowlands Arena (20,049) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 509 venues in total are mapped in New York City.

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