Opened in June 2003 as a $127 million renovation of the former Seattle Opera House, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center is one of the city’s premier performance venues. The project was made possible by a partnership between the Hall’s two world-class resident performing arts tenants, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera, along with Seattle Center and the Seattle Center Foundation. McCaw Hall encompasses the state-of-the-art Susan Brotman Auditorium (2,900 seats) and Nesholm Family Lecture Hall (380 seats). The building features a five-story serpentine glass wall, a 17,800-square-foot public plaza (the Kreielsheimer Promenade)and a number of environmentally sustainable design features to minimize its use of resources, waste generation, and carbon footprint. Each year the Ballet and Opera present approximately 150 performances in McCaw Hall. In addition, the Hall hosts a wide range of music concerts, lectures, corporate meetings, receptions, weddings, festival performances, community celebrations, and non-profit events.
