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125 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003, USA
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N40° 43' 54" W73° 59' 21"
(40.731666666667, -73.989166666667)
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Webster Hall is a nightclub and concert venue located at 125 East 11th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1886, its current incarnation was opened by the Ballinger brothers in 1992. It serves as a nightclub, concert venue, corporate events space, and recording studio, has a capacity of 2,500 people – including the club; 1,500 for the Grand Ballroom, 600 for the Marlin Room at Webster Hall and 400 for the Studio at Webster Hall. It has been recognized as the first modern nightclub.On March 18, 2008, after a landmarks proposal was submitted by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Webster Hall and its Annex a New York City landmark.According to Pollstar Magazine, as of August 1, 2016, Webster Hall is the #1 Club Venue in New York by ticket sales, and #3 in the world.In 2017, the club was sold to Brooklyn Sports Entertainment, a unit of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). It closed on August 9, 2017 for a planned three-year period for structural improvements and will re-open primarily as a concert facility.
