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Varsity Theatre

An event space in Palo Alto, California. It seats a stated 975. 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
975
people, as published
Opened
1927
99 years old
From SFO
27 km (17 mi)
San Francisco International Airport
From the centre
1.6 km (1 mi)
of Palo Alto

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 456 University Avenue, right in the centre of Palo Alto.

Varsity Theatre was opened in 1927, which puts it at 99 years old.

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

Address
456 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Coordinates
37.4477, -122.1597
Classified as
event space

How attendees reach it

27 km (17 mi) separates Varsity Theatre from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) — normal for a city venue, and worth a line in the joining instructions rather than a shuttle contract.

1.6 km (1 mi) out from the middle of Palo Alto — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

Palo Alto has 20 venues mapped in total and a population of 67,658. The Palo Alto guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

A room for 975 is a plenary space in practice, whatever it is classified as. It ranks 2nd among the 20 venues mapped in Palo Alto.

  • 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 975 covers most community and member meetings.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Varsity Theatre event sized to the stated capacity of Varsity Theatre. 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 Varsity Theatre, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Palo Alto

4 other venues in Palo Alto 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. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, 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 Varsity Theatre hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 975 for Varsity 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 Varsity Theatre?

456 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301. It is 1.6 km (1 mi) from the centre of Palo Alto. The nearest major airport is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), about 27 km (17 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Varsity 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 Varsity 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 Varsity 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 Varsity Theatre is booked?

Maples Pavilion (7,392), Bing Concert Hall (842) and Stanford Theatre are in the same city and have their own pages here. 20 venues in total are mapped in Palo Alto.

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