Talk:Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia)

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Seating capacity[edit]

It's not that big of a deal, but these "largest in the world" claims, generally made when a theater opens, usually have to be taken with a grain of salt. I don't know the exact capacity of this theater, but the Auditorium Theater, built to be Chicago's opera house in 1896, had a capacity of 4300, and there could well be others. Cheers Markhh (talk) 07:17, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense but the source I used for that fact was a 2009 newspaper article which stated it as a fact. Its certainly possible that the journalist was just going off of a claim made at the opening of the theatre. A further problem I am finding is there are different reports on the number of seats for the house (anywhere between 4,000-4,600). I went with more than 4,000 for this reason. I still need to go back and add more references to the article.Singingdaisies (talk) 05:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

new article[edit]

Very nice article, BTW. Good to have info on this interesting theatre available in Wikipedia. Markhh (talk) 09:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.Singingdaisies (talk) 17:38, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Apperances in Movies[edit]

One could add that the famous operahouse scenes from the movie "12 Monkeys" where shot here. ^[1]

References

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Updates needed now that renovations are complete?[edit]

It has been over a year since the Met renovations completed, and the theater has now been in regular use for some time. Should this article's historical section be condensed and more space given to it's new use? As a major landing point for people interested in North Philadelphia's resurgence, it is important to relay its current state of being. (At minimum, the cover photo should be updated - redevelopments make it look more like it did when it opened than ever before in recent memory.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by POderfla (talk • contribs) 19:01, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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