

The main theater will be transformed for seated and standing-only general-admission concerts however, the opera house also contains a number of smaller rooms that could be used as additional performance spaces or be converted into lounges. The large building that takes up a full city block at Broad and Poplar Streets will be converted into a 3,500 person venue. In 1910 Hammerstein sold it to the Metropolitan Opera of New York and ever since it’s been known as the Metropolitan or Met. When it first opened in it was home to the Philadelphia Opera Company and sat some 4000 people as the largest venue of its kind in the world. The 39,200-square foot theater was built in 1908 by Oscar Hammerstein I and called the Philadelphia Opera House. The beautiful building has been sitting vacant for years. Broad Street, Philadelphia (yes, Philly has a Metropolitan – not just NY) is undergoing a $56 Million restoration as a new Live Nation concert venue. The Metropolitan Opera House or Met located at 858 N. In Canopy, News & Updates, System, Work Platform
