The Grand integrates elegance and grandeur with a state-of-the-art Nexo concert sound system. Holding a seating capacity
of 1,200 theater-style or 600 for seated dinners, this 10,000 square foot space is an deal venue for a variety of events, including formal banquets, fashion shows, concerts, trade shows, and television productions. The Grand’s dazzling 40-foot-high ceiling includes strategic rigging points catering to any production requirement. Interconnected to our audio recording studios and hybrid HD/SD video control rooms, The Grand, like
The Hammerstein, is the ideal location for any multimedia production, live performance videotaping, and transmission.

The superb acoustics of The Grand have made this magnifi cent venue New York’s best-kept secret for music recording,
whether the project is a full-blown orchestral film score, a classical orchestra recording, or simply an intimate chamber ensemble, trio, piano and violin, or opera singer recording. The natural reverberation of the room gives any recording project a particular sound quality that defies emulation. Artists find the ambience inspiring, allowing them to effortlessly achieve their very best performance. Academy Award-winning fi lm scores (most recently Elliot Goldenthal for Frida) and Oscar-nominated soundtracks are frequently recorded in The Grand. The list of renowned artists who have recorded legendary performances at The Grand reads like a “who’s who” of the great performers
and conductors: Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Fritz Reiner, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pierre Boulez,

Located directly above The Hammerstein, The Grand is a luxuriously appointed ballroom perfect for banquets, award shows, benefi ts, television productions, product launches, receptions, and fashion shows.