Fascinating to learn how it was built, with no bad seat in the house and just how large it is! We had a wonderful tour guide who took the time to answer all our questions.
As an LDS member this is the location of the bi-annual LDS (Mormon) church conferences, plus many shows. I saw a spectacular Christmas show there with the Mormon Tabernacle Chor, the Muppets and Santino Fontana. Non-members will find the tour interesting, especially the roof garden tour with the great view. NOTE there is also a roof tour on the taller Church Office Building.
Across the street from Temple Square the conference center is a large gathering place that is where the Mormon church holds their semi-annual worldwide conference. Just taking a tour is a lot of fun.
On a short jaunt to Salt Lake City, we took time to visit Temple Square and the LDS Convention Center across the street. Our tour guide, Mr George, escorted us on a somewhat abbreviated tour of the center lasting an hour. During the course of the tour we were educated on the leadership history of the Mormons, the development of the center itself, art and artifacts within the building, paid a visit to the roof top and enjoyed a stunning sunset and of course, and were privy to the 21,000 seat conference hall which boasts the smaller of two enormous pipe organs. Being a member of the Tabernacle Choir, Mr. George also detailed the intense audition and selection process by which choir members are chosen. We never imagined liking a tour of a conference center as much as we did. Initially, our visit started off as something to do within the vicinity of the hotel and ended up being an exceptional educational experience. This is definitely worth a visit.
Amazing venue! The greeters were very friendly and efficient. They are obviously very good at managing large amounts of people!
We attended a choral conference in Salt Lake and my daughter sang with the Tabernacle Choir in the LDS Arena. This place is huge. Seats 21,000 people and is state of the art everything. Getting in and out was easy and it is just a short walk from downtown.
it's a well designed center - volunteers usher you through the protocol before you can actually start your search. Worth the effort and you can finish your search at home
This is a museum with grand-scale aisles, floor-to-ceiling paintings, a quasi observatory. The architecture is modern and impressive. Our trip's host briefly explained some of the tenets of Mormonism, but the proselytizing was restrained.
The Tabernacle is an amazing structure. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to the organ recital. I wish we had been there early enough to hear the choir, but the only time they perform is at 9:30 AM, and we were not available then.
This place needs to be seen to be believed! I was lucky enough to attend the ACDA Conference finale here, which featured the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, soprano Sylvia McNair, baritone Santino Fontana, the Air Force Singing Sergeants, and the combined National Honor Choirs, including 9 of my students. Knowing you are standing in the largest auditorium EVER built is mind-boggling...it is simply vast. The concert was magical and thanks to the multimillion dollar sound system, the sound was impeccable. Definitely worth a visit and a photo-op even if nothing's going on!