Copley Symphony Hall
Coordinates: 32°43′08″N 117°09′28″W / 32.719024°N 117.157903°W
Former names | Fox Theatre (1929-85) |
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Address | 1245 7th Ave San Diego, CA 92101-4302 |
Location | Jacobs Music Center |
Owner | San Diego Symphony |
Capacity | 2,248 |
Construction | |
Opened | November 8, 1929 |
Construction cost | $1.5 million ($22.6 million in 2020 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Weeks and Day |
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Venue Website |
Copley Symphony Hall (originally the Fox Theatre) in San Diego, California, designed by Weeks and Day, opened in 1929 as the Fox Theatre (a 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m2) Gothic-revival luxury movie theater). The hall was conferred to the San Diego Symphony in 1984. It is also the location of some youth orchestra concerts in San Diego, including the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory.
Downtown's Symphony Towers (the second tallest building in San Diego County) was built around Copley Hall in 1989. The hall features an enormous pipe organ that is built into five walled chambers and was recently restored to its original splendor. The hall has a seating capacity of 2,248. When it opened in 1929, it had a seating capacity of 2,876.[2]
Snake Oil Cocktail Company services the food and beverage concession at the Symphony.
Directors[]
- Marc Wolff (1992-1995)
- Evan T. Papel (1999-2001)
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ Naylor; American Picture Palaces: The Architecture of Fantasy; Prentice Hall, NY, 1981
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- Tourist attractions in San Diego County, California
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