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The largest one is the Stern Auditorium, a five-story auditorium with 2,790 seats.
Carnegie Hall’s official venue data lists Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage as seating 2,804, not 2,790.
Full reasoning
Carnegie Hall’s own official venue record contradicts this seat count. The Hall’s Data Lab page for Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage states that it is the main performance venue at Carnegie Hall and is “seating 2,804.” That directly conflicts with the article’s claim of 2,790 seats.
Because this is Carnegie Hall’s own current venue description, it is a stronger primary source for the auditorium’s official capacity than the number given here.
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- About: Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage
Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage is the main performance venue at Carnegie Hall, seating 2,804.
The venue became a performance space in 1997.
Carnegie Hall’s official history says the lower-level space was still Carnegie Hall Cinema through 1997 and did not reopen as a performance venue until Zankel Hall opened in 2003.
Full reasoning
This date is too early. Carnegie Hall’s official history for the space says it was Carnegie Hall Cinema from 1961 to 1997 and was then completely rebuilt between 1999 and 2003, when it reopened as the 599-seat Zankel Hall.
So 1997 marks the end of the cinema, not the year the space became a performance venue again. According to Carnegie Hall’s own venue history, the return to use as a performance space happened with the reopening of Zankel Hall in 2003.
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- About: Zankel Hall
It became an off-Broadway theater called Carnegie Playhouse in 1956, and in 1961 was converted to an art film movie house called Carnegie Cinema. The venue was completely rebuilt between 1999 and 2003, when it reopened as the 599-seat Zankel Hall.
- About: Carnegie Hall Cinema
Carnegie Hall Cinema was a movie theater that existed on the lower level of Carnegie Hall from 1961-1997. ... It was completely rebuilt between 1999 and 2003, when it reopened as the 599-seat Zankel Hall.