David Geffen Hall
David Geffen Hall is a concert hall in New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic.
View from the Plaza (2019) | |
| Former names | Philharmonic Hall (1962–1973) Avery Fisher Hall (1973–2015) |
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| Address | 10 Lincoln Center Plaza |
| Location | New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°46′22″N 73°58′59″W |
| Public transit | Subway: (all times) (late nights) at 66th Street–Lincoln Center NYC Bus: M5, M7, M11, M20, M66, M104 |
| Owner | New York City Government |
| Type | concert hall |
| Capacity | 2,200 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Architect | Max Abramovitz |
The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was originally named Philharmonic Hall and was renamed Avery Fisher Hall in honor of philanthropist Avery Fisher, who donated $10.5 million ($69 million today) to the orchestra in 1973. In November 2014, Lincoln Center officials announced Fisher's name would be removed from the Hall so that naming rights could be sold to the highest bidder as part of a $500 million fund-raising campaign to refurbish the Hall. In 2015, the Hall acquired its present name after David Geffen donated $100 million to the Lincoln Center.