The Assembly Rooms is a category A-listed Georgian building on George Street in Edinburgh's New Town, opened in 1787 and refurbished in 2011-12. Originally a meeting place for social gatherings, it is now a multi-purpose events venue used for concerts, conferences, dinners, balls, ceilidhs, weddings and exhibitions, and is a major Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Hogmanay venue.
It is operated by Culture Edinburgh on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council. The two principal rooms are the Music Hall and the Ballroom, supported by the Crush Hall, East and West Drawing Rooms, the Under Balcony Bar and the Oval Room.
Main hall
The principal hall, 481 sq m.
Culture Edinburgh's own wording is theatre 788, reception 600, dinner 400 and dinner dance 380. Theatre is recorded as seated, reception as standing and dinner as dining; "dinner dance" would collide with dining, so it is recorded as other rather than dropped.
Ballroom
Second principal room, 342 sq m.
Culture Edinburgh's own wording is theatre 400, reception 400, dinner 300 and dinner dance 260. Theatre is recorded as seated, reception as standing and dinner as dining; "dinner dance" would collide with dining, so it is recorded as other rather than dropped.
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