The bond passes and the Civic Auditorium receives $2.75 million for improvements to the exterior and public areas. The Civic Center also includes the Ice Arena (later became Mercer Arena, now The Opera Center) and Civic Field (now Memorial Stadium).ġ930’s: Patrons begin attending symphony concerts.ġ940’s: San Francisco Opera, Marian Anderson, Danny Kaye, Arthur Rubinstein and many others make local appearances in the Auditorium.ġ956: Civic Center bond issue is proposed to upgrade the Civic Auditorium into a performance space for the 1962 World’s Fair. May 18, 1928: The new Civic Auditorium is dedicated, in part, by Seattle’s only female Mayor, Bertha K. Denny and Louisa Boren Denny donate land, the current site of McCaw Hall, to the City of Seattle for “public use forever.”ġ927: Seattle citizens pass a $900,000 bond issue to complement the money from the James Osborne estate and the Denny gift of land in order to build the Civic Auditorium. 1881: Saloon owner James Osborne donates part of his estate to the City of Seattle for a “Civic Auditorium.” At the time, the amount equaled the entire budget of the City of Seattle.ġ886: David T.
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