Representing a radical rethink of the traditional operatic experience, the design aimed to address the question: ‘What is the nature of the opera house in the twenty-first century?’ The ambition was to create a building that would not only play a central role in the cultural life of Dallas, but could become a destination in its own right for a non-opera-going public, with a café, restaurant and bookshop that would be accessible throughout the day. Usher staff can assist with stowing your walker or wheelchair in an appropriate nearby location.The Dallas Opera Company is renowned for its dedication to excellence and innovation in lyric theatre and that commitment was reflected in the brief for its new home in Dallas’ Arts District.

If you are not specifically sitting in designated wheelchair seating, walkers and wheelchairs cannot remain with you during the show.

Aisles need to be clear during each performance. These seats have a movable arm that allows for easy transfer from wheelchair or walker to the seat. There are a limited number of transfer seats available. Wheelchair seating is available on the main and second floors. Tickets may be purchased without service fees 90 minutes prior to the event at McCaw Hall's box office located in Kreielsheimer Promenade Lobby. A covered skybridge provides easy access between level C of the garage and McCaw Hall. Parking is available at the Mercer Street Garage, conveniently located across the street from McCaw Hall. McCaw Hall is located on Mercer Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, on the north edge of the Seattle Center campus, approximately 2 miles north of the Downtown Seattle business district. As well, the Hall incorporates a number of environmentally sustainable design features which minimize its use of resources, waste generation and carbon footprint. Its open, airy lobbies strive to minimize the separation between exterior and interior, inviting the community to view and join the anticipation of audiences prior to a performance. Designed by local architectural firm LMN, the Hall's design emphasizes elegance balanced with flexibility and functionality. McCaw Hall includes the state-of-the-art 2,900-seat Susan Brotman Auditorium, the 380-seat Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, Prelude Café, elegant lobbies fronted by a luminous five-story serpentine glass wall, two beautiful donor/special function rooms, and a 17,800-square-foot public plaza (the Kreielsheimer Promenade) that serves as an entry into McCaw Hall and the Seattle Center campus. The Hall is owned by the City of Seattle and operated by Seattle Center, in accordance with a unique 25-year Operating Agreement with its resident tenants, which provides them with on-going oversight and shared responsibility for its operations and budget. This partnership secured $55 million in public funds and over $72 million in private philanthropic gifts to make the Hall a reality. McCaw Hall opened in June 2003 as a $127 million renovation of the Seattle Opera House, made possible by a partnership between the Hall's two world-class resident performing arts tenants, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera, Seattle Center and the Seattle Center Foundation. Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center is the region's premier performance venue.

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