Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria, was inaugurated on January 6, 1870 and is famous for its acoustics. It is the home base for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert hall is 48 meters long, 19 meters wide, and 18 meters high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. Every year on January 1st the Vienna New Year's Concert is held here. Since 2001, the building has been undergoing renovation. When it is completed, the new Glas Hall/Magna Auditorium with the capacity of four hundred will be added. External links Musikverein website Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra website This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.