event67
Open menu
Open the console

W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre

W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre is a performing-arts centre in Louisville, Kentucky. It seats a stated 1,400. 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
1,400
people, as published
Opened
1925
101 years old
From SDF
8 km (5 mi)
Louisville International Airport
From the centre
0.9 km (0.6 mi)
of Louisville

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 stands at 317 W. Broadway, right in the centre of Louisville.

W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre was opened in 1925 and owned by Kentucky Performing Arts, which puts it at 101 years old.

The stated 1,400 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.

Address
317 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202
Owner
Kentucky Performing Arts
Coordinates
38.2462, -85.7574
Classified as
performing-arts centre

Access and arrival

Louisville International Airport (SDF) sits 8 km (5 mi) out, so a same-day return is realistic for anyone flying in for one session.

A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.

Louisville has 58 venues mapped in total and a population of 640,796. The Louisville guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

The kind of event it takes

The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre is 2nd of 5 such houses mapped in Louisville.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

The app bill, at this size

A W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of W. L. Lyons Brown 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 W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Other rooms in Louisville

4 other venues in Louisville 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, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance.

Last updated

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.

See the full pricing

Questions people actually ask

How many people does W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 1,400 for W. L. Lyons Brown 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 W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre?

317 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202. It is 0.9 km (0.6 mi) from the centre of Louisville. The nearest major airport is Louisville International Airport (SDF), about 8 km (5 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at W. L. Lyons Brown 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 W. L. Lyons Brown 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 W. L. Lyons Brown 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 W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre is booked?

Knights Hall (2,283), Owsley B. Frazier Stadium (2,000) and The Kentucky Center are in the same city and have their own pages here. 58 venues in total are mapped in Louisville.

Keep reading

Elsewhere in Louisville

Running an event at W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre?

Bring the schedule, the invites and the arrivals into one branded app. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.

Start freeRead the pricing