Editing David Geffen Hall (section)

{{Short description|Concert hall at Lincoln Center in New York City}}
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| name              = David Geffen Hall
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| image             = File:David Geffen Hall (48047408511).jpg
| image_size        = 300px
| image_caption     = View from the Plaza (2019)
| address           = 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
| location          = [[New York City]]
| coordinates       = {{Coord|40|46|22|N|73|58|59|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| type              = [[List of concert halls|concert hall]]
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| built             =
| architect         = [[Max Abramovitz]]
| opened            = {{Start date and age|1962}}
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| former_names      = Philharmonic Hall (1962–1973)<br>Avery Fisher Hall (1973–2015)
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| seating_capacity  = 2,200
| publictransit = '''[[New York City Subway|Subway]]''': {{NYCS Broadway-Seventh local|time=bullettext}} at [[66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|66th Street–Lincoln Center]]<br />'''[[MTA Regional Bus Operations|NYC Bus]]''': {{NYC bus link|M5|M7|M11|M20|M66|M104}}
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'''David Geffen Hall''' is a concert hall at [[Lincoln Center]] on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]] in New York City. The  2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the [[New York Philharmonic]].

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 $10.5 million (${{Inflation|US|10.5|1973|fmt=c}} 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.<ref name=Matthews/>  In 2015, the Hall acquired its present name after [[David Geffen]] donated $100 million to the Lincoln Center.<ref>{{cite news |title=Avery Fisher Hall To Be Renamed for Music Mogul David Geffen After $100M Gift |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/avery-fisher-hall-to-be-renamed-for-music-mogul-david-geffen-after-100m-gift-343276 |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=March 4, 2015 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2015/03/david_geffen_gives_100_million_to_lincoln_center_why_the_sale_of_naming.html |title=Naming Wrongs |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 6, 2015 |access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>