The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (SFWMPAC) is located in San Francisco, California, and is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It covers three hectares (7.5 acres) in San Francisco's Civic Center Historic District with 7,500 seats in its several venues. Opera, symphony, modern and classical dance, theatre, recitals, plays, lectures, meetings, receptions, special screenings and gala events all ...
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The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (SFWMPAC) is located in San Francisco, California, and is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It covers three hectares (7.5 acres) in San Francisco's Civic Center Historic District with 7,500 seats in its several venues. Opera, symphony, modern and classical dance, theatre, recitals, plays, lectures, meetings, receptions, special screenings and gala events all have a place at the Center.
The complex originated with the development of the War Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building which began after the First World War. The project resulted in the construction of a matched pair of buildings, the War Memorial Opera House and a multi-purpose building next door, the Veterans’ Building, both of which opened in 1932. The latter housed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 1932 to 1994. In 1980 the new Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall was opened on a site across the street from the Opera House.
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