The Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah is the world's largest religious/ multi-purpose performing arts auditorium in the world. 

The auditorium has multi-level seating, many acoustical features and a ceiling made of GRG (Glass Reinforced Gypsum) radius shaped panels.  The ceiling panels are specially designed to reflect sound on certain surface areas while at the same time, allowing sound to pass through open areas and absorb into specific acoustical panels hanging above the visible ceiling.  These 4,900 individual GRG panels contribute tremendously to the Conference Center's architectural individuality.

 

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Job Information:                                    

• Location: Downtown - Salt Lake City, Utah

• Formally Dedicated:  October 8, 2000

• The facility is 1.5 million square feet

• The multipurpose auditorium holds 21,000 seats

• The Overflow or "The musical Theatre" holds 911 seats

• Senior Design Architect for the LDS Church:  Leland Gray

• Architect of Record:  Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership-Portland, OR    (Won 2001 Merit Award & AGC Build America Award)

• Theater & Architect Lighting Design: Auerbach & Associates-San Francisco, CA

• Consulting Architects:  Gilles Stranskey

• Acoustics Consultant:  Jaffee Houden

• General Contractor:  Legacy Construction

• Sub-Contractor:  Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) - Middletown, WI

• Project Won the 2001 Gold Nugget Architect Award