Walt Disney Concert Hall Tickets

Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall is believed to be the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. It is located at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California.Its location is bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets. It can hold 2,265 people with its seats, and it has been the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall was designed by Frank Gehry. It was inaugurated on October 23, 2003. The acoustics of the concert hall have been widely praised. The project was launched in 1987, when Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, donated $50 million. Gehry delivered completed designs in 1991.

Construction of the underground parking garage of the Walt Disney Concert Hall began in 1992 and was completed in 1996. The garage cost has been variously estimated between $90 million to $110 million, and was paid for by Los Angeles County, which sold bonds to provide the garage under the site of the planned hall. Construction of the concert hall itself stalled from 1994 to 1996 due to lack of fundraising. Additional funds were required since the construction cost of the final project far exceeded the original budget.

Upon completion in 2003, the project had cost an estimated $274 million, including the parking garage. The remainder of the total cost was paid by private donations, of which the Disney family's contribution was estimated to $84.5 million with another $25 million from The Walt Disney Company. By comparison, the three existing halls of the Music Center cost $35 million in the 1960s.

After the construction, modifications were made to the Founders Room exterior after the construction. While most of the building's exterior was designed with stainless steel given a matte finish, the Founders Room and Children's Amphitheater were designed with highly polished mirror-like panels.

The reflective qualities of the surface were amplified by the concave sections of sections of the Founders Room walls. Some residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered glare caused by sunlight that was reflected off these surfaces and concentrated in a manner similar to a parabolic mirror. The resulting heat made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably warm, caused the air-conditioning costs of these residents to skyrocket and created hot spots on adjacent sidewalks of as much as 140 degrees Fahrenheit.