ground level above the Moscone Center North
convention complex on the eastern edge of the Yerba Buena Gardens at Third Street,
between Mission and Howard. Just two blocks from the BART/Muni Powell or
Montgomery Stations and six blocks from Caltrain.
SPECIAL EVENT FACILITIES
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is a private, nonprofit organization that presents its
own arts programs and offers its facilities for rent. As its mission, the center showcases
art and entertainment reflecting the San Francisco Bay Areas diverse cultures. Local,
national and international artists are represented. State-of-the-art facilities are available
for performances, meetings, receptions, screenings and special events.
Galleries & Forum Building: The large, two-story Grand Lobby serves as the main entrance
to the Galleries, Forum, Screening Room and administrative offices. Event planners may
utilize the lobby for mid-size receptions and special events or may combine it with the
Forum and/or Screening Room for larger activities.
Forum: 6,700 square feet of flexible special events space. Full theatrical lighting, sound
and audiovisual support. Abundant natural light with black-out capability, dressing rooms
and sprung wood floor.
Screening Room: 92-seat venue for film and video screenings. 16mm film, 35mm film
and 35mm slide projection systems; 3/4" and VHS multisystem video; automated audio
and lighting control.
Theater: 757 seats; proscenium style. Full lighting, sound and audiovisual support;
50 counterweighted line sets with grid at 71'. Stage: 44' proscenium; 93' wide (wall to
wall) x 43' deep (with additional 38' x 38' upstage area); sprung wood floor, orchestra pit
lift, and backstage dressing rooms.
Designed by internationally celebrated
architects Fumihiko Maki and James Stewart
Polshek and Partners, the two-building
complex overlooks the Esplanade of Yerba
Buena Gardens, a five-acre downtown park
that encompasses terrace cafes, outdoor
performance areas and a walk-through waterfall
memorializing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
ADDRESS
Yerba Buena
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103-3138
Phone:
415-978-2700
Fax:
415-495-2118
Web Address:
www.ybca.org
E-mail:
events@ybca.org
BOOKING INQUIRIES
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103-3138
Phone:
415-321-1350
Ticket Office:
415-978-ARTS
Fax:
415-495-2118
Web Address:
www.ybca.org
E-mail:
events@ybca.org
Attention:
Iris Willow
ROOM NAME
S U G G E S T E D C A P A C I T I E S
DIMENSIONS SQUARE FEET
CEILIN
G HEIGHT
THEATER
BAN
QUET
RECEPTIO
N
CLASSRO
OM
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Theater House 757
757
Theater Stage
44' x 42'
1,848
71'
Theater Lobbies
400
300 Gallery Forum Building 9,852
1,641
Grand Lobby
18' x 118'
2,200
26' 7" 400
300 Forum
77' x 87'
6,700
29'
600
800
450
400
East Garden
70' x 40'
2,800
350
200 Screening Room
28' x 34'
952
14'
92
92
Union
Square
SF Visitor
Information
Center
Bush St
Sutter St
Post St
Geary St
O'Farrell St
Eddy
Ellis
Mason St
Powell St
Stockton St
Grant A
v
e
Kearny St
Montgomery St
Sansome St
Market St
Mission St
Third St
Second St
Fourth St
Fifth St.
How
ard St
New Montgomery
C
yril Magnin
Financial
District
Yerba Buena
Center for
the Arts
Galleries
and Forum
Theater
BART/Muni
Station
BART/
Muni
Station
Westfield
San Francisco
Centre
To Caltrain
Station
Moscone
Center
North
Moscone
Center
West
Moscone
Center
South