Construction Updates
(updated 07/07/08, 2:25 PM)
Lincoln Center is under construction! In Summer 2006 renovations began on several Lincoln Center constituents that face onto 65th St. & Broadway. In Fall 2007, work began on the main Lincoln Center plaza where the entrances to the New York State Theater, Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic are located. Construction will be underway through mid-2009 and will impact the pedestrian and vehicular traffic flows into the various theaters and immediate neighborhood.
New York City Ballet encourages you to check this space before your visits to the New York State Theater to be sure you are knowledgeable about mass transit, parking, and other access issues before arriving for a performance. Daily updates will be made to this section so that you have the latest news to speed your way into and out of the New York State Theater during this period.
However you travel, New York City Ballet encourages you to allow extra time so that you don’t miss a single minute of your performance.
If you would like to follow the progress of the Lincoln Center construction, Click HERE.
Due to on-going renovations, the New York State Theater is currently closed. However, the lobby and box office will re-open in September for ticket sales to the 2008 season of George Balanchine's The NutcrackerTM . A specific date will be announced soon and posted on nycballet.com.
LANDMARKS
Frequent visitors to Lincoln Center will notice that three of Lincoln Center's favorite "faces" are “missing.” This is because the Henry Moore reclining sculpture that has long been situated in the reflecting pool in front of Lincoln Center Theater and the bright orange Alexander Calder sculpture in front of the entrance to the New York Public Library for Performing Arts Research have been moved offsite during the demolition and reconstruction of Lincoln Center's outdoor spaces. The Revson Fountain that has centered Lincoln Center Plaza for decades was decommissioned in early 2008. A new fountain will be built as part of the Lincoln Center Plaza reconstruction. All will return in the fall of 2009 when the outdoor renovations to this section of the campus are complete.