Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
Concert hall
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall (concert hall, run by the War Memorial): $633,380 paid to contractors for work here, $30.2M budgeted for its department in FY2025, 103 employees on the payroll, 4 city documents at the Internet Archive, every figure linked to its source. Archived planning records place the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall within the Civic Center performing-arts complex. A 1994 Civic Center cultural-facilities study lists the hall's seating capacity as 2,743, identifies it as home of the San Francisco Symphony under War Memorial trustee control, and notes "approximately 30 days per year are available for rental." A 1997 School of the Arts environmental report records an evening performance drawing 2,420 in the "2,743-seat" hall, and a 1986 newspaper announces an "East Meets West" concert held there. Davies Hall is operated by the War Memorial (WAR) department, whose FY2025 budget is about $30M; the file records 60 building permits totaling about $10.6M in declared cost, including a 1992 acoustic-improvement permit declared at $5,000,000. Source: SF Controller open data and the Internet Archive.
Wikimedia Commons · Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Archived planning records place the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall within the Civic Center performing-arts complex. A 1994 Civic Center cultural-facilities study lists the hall's seating capacity as 2,743, identifies it as home of the San Francisco Symphony under War Memorial trustee control, and notes "approximately 30 days per year are available for rental." A 1997 School of the Arts environmental report records an evening performance drawing 2,420 in the "2,743-seat" hall, and a 1986 newspaper announces an "East Meets West" concert held there. Davies Hall is operated by the War Memorial (WAR) department, whose FY2025 budget is about $30M; the file records 60 building permits totaling about $10.6M in declared cost, including a 1992 acoustic-improvement permit declared at $5,000,000.
Archive coverage for this place is limited — only 4 matched documents so far, so this summary stays short rather than padded.
201 Van Ness Ave · City-owned · 203,500 sq ft · parcel 0810001 · District 5 · City Facilities registry
What the City actually paid, across 1 contractor. Contractors big enough to have their own page are linked; the rest are named only.
Run by the War Memorial & Performing Arts, whose whole-department budget is $30.2M across 103 staff (FY2025) — citywide, not this place’s own. The City does not publish a running cost per building.
A 1997 environmental review of a School of the Arts proposal that maps Davies Hall among the Civic Center's public buildings and records which of them were then being seismically strengthened.
School of the Arts master plan : draft environmental impact report · 1997 ↗Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scansA 1994 study of Civic Center cultural facilities: it puts Davies Hall at 2,743 seats, notes the Symphony's right of first refusal under the City Charter, and that only about 30 days a year are left free to rent.
Civic Center study : cultural facilities plan, issues and finding report : draft for citizen review · 1994 ↗Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scansA War Memorial annual report from the years the hall was completed, noting that no capital funds were budgeted and that $40 million of improvements were financed by the Sponsors of the Performing Arts Center.
Annual report ↗Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
1 procedural record — minutes, agendas, calendars — not listed.
