The David Geffen Concert Hall at Lincoln Center is now back and better than ever. It reopened Saturday for the first time since 2020 after undergoing extensive renovations. ElijahWestbrook takes us inside.
, reopened Saturday for the first time since 2020 after undergoing a $550 million renovation.
By all accounts, the new space is grander with acoustics better than before. Plus, it's opening two years ahead of schedule, CBS2's Christina Fan reported. The theater is slightly smaller than before, seating a little more than 2,000 people, but it's much more intimate. Seats now wrap around the stage, bringing the audience 30 percent closer to the performers.
"It the most extraordinary acoustic. It sounds like nothing you've heard," said Lincoln Center CEO Henry Timms."But it isn't just about how it sounds. It's also about what this building feels like. And surrounding this beautiful concert hall are so many public spaces that welcome people in new ways, and I'll give you one example. In our lobby, there is a 60-foot media wall which broadcasts, for free, whatever is on this stage down into the lobby.