Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Benaroya Hall lies in the heart of downtown Seattle. It occupies the entire block between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, and Union & University Streets. The public entrance to the Hall is along 3rd Avenue.

Driving Directions

Southbound I-5
Take the Union Street exit (#165B). Continue onto Union Street and proceed about five blocks to 2nd Avenue. Turn left onto 2nd Avenue. The Benaroya Hall parking garage will be on your immediate left. The garage entrance is on 2nd Avenue, just south of Union Street.

Northbound I-5
Exit LEFT onto Seneca Street (exit #165). Proceed two blocks and turn right onto 4th Avenue. Continue two blocks. Turn left onto Union Street. Continue two blocks. Turn left onto 2nd Avenue. The Benaroya Hall parking garage will be on your immediate left. The garage entrance is on 2nd Avenue, just south of Union Street.

Southbound Highway 99 (Aurora Avenue)
Take the Denny Way/Downtown exit. Keep right and cross over Denny Way onto Wall Street. Proceed about five blocks and turn left onto 2nd Avenue. Continue south on 2nd Avenue approximately 8 blocks. The Benaroya Hall parking garage will be on your left. The garage entrance is on 2nd Avenue, just south of Union Street.

Northbound Highway 99 (Aurora Avenue)
Take the Seneca Street exit and move into the left lane. Turn left onto 1st Avenue and proceed one block. Take the next right (at the Hammering Man sculpture) onto University Street. Continue up the hill two blocks to 3rd Avenue. Turn left onto 3rd Avenue, and left again at the next block onto Union Street. Make the next left onto 2nd Avenue. The Benaroya Hall parking garage will be on your immediate left. The garage entrance is on 2nd Avenue, just south of Union Street.

Public Transportation
Benaroya Hall is served by numerous bus routes. For details, call Metro Rider Information at (206) 553-3000 (voice), or (206) 684-1739 (TDD). Reach Metro online at http://transit.metrokc.gov. For Community Transit, call (425) 353-RIDE or (800) 562-1375. For Sound Transit, call (888) 889-6368 or (888) 713-6030 (TTY).

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel will be closed beginning Sept. 24, 2005, for up to two years. During this time, the tunnel will be retrofitted for use by both buses and Sound Transit's Link Light rail. In addition, traffic on 3rd Avenue is restricted to traveling only one block before turning between 6 AM and 9 AM and between 3 PM and 7 PM weekdays. For more information, please visit www.seattletunnel.org.

Parking

At Benaroya Hall
The 430-car underground garage at Benaroya Hall provides direct access from the enclosed parking area into the Hall via elevators leading to The Boeing Company Gallery. The garage entrance is on 2nd Avenue, just south of Union Street. The maximum vehicle height is 6'8".

Other Parking
Parking is also available at the Cobb Building (enter on University between 3rd and 4th Avenues), and at the Puget Sound Plaza Building Garages (enter on Union between 3rd and 4th Avenues).

Subscribers to the Seattle Symphony may pre-purchase parking in the above-mentioned garages. For details, please call the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office at (206) 215-4747.

There are many other garages within a one-block radius of Benaroya Hall, along with numerous on-street parking spaces.