Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Address	Arts District, Dallas Dallas, Texas
Coordinates	32°47′23″N 96°47′55″W / 32.789768°N 96.798637°W / 32.789768; -96.798637
Public transit	M-Line: Olive & Flora
Owner	City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Operator	Dallas Symphony Association
Type	Concert hall
Capacity	2,062
Construction
Opened	September 1989
Architect	I. M. Pei
Website
dallasculture.org/cultural-venues/meyerson/

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.