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| Address | Arts District, Dallas Dallas, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°47′23″N 96°47′55″W / 32.789768°N 96.798637°W |
| Public transit |  M-Line: Olive & Flora |
| Owner | City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs |
| Operator | Dallas Symphony Association |
| Type | Concert hall |
| Capacity | 2,062 |
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| Opened | September 1989 |
| Architect | I. M. Pei |
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The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is a concert hall located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, US. Ranked one of the world's greatest orchestra halls,[1] it was designed by architect I. M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson's Artec Consultants. The structural engineers for this project was Leslie E. Robertson Associates, and it opened in September 1989.
The center is named for Morton Meyerson, former president of Electronic Data Systems and former chairman and CEO of Perot Systems, who led the 10-year effort by the Dallas Symphony Association to create a home for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The new concert center was named in his honor in 1986 at the request of Ross Perot, who made a $10 million contribution to the building fund for the naming rights. It is the permanent home of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Chorus, as well as the primary performing venue of the Dallas Wind Symphony and several other Dallas-based musical organizations. The Meyerson Symphony Center is owned by the City of Dallas and operated by the Dallas Symphony Association.[2]
There are four private suites, for small concerts, meetings and events designed by Booziotis & Company Architects of Dallas.
- ^ "September 20. 2009", The Dallas Morning News[dead link][title missing]
- ^ "It took more than a leaky roof to do it, but the Dallas Symphony takes control of the Meyerson" by Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News, May 22, 2019.