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Walt Disney Concert Hall's exterior is 22 million pounds of primary steel joined out of 12,500 individual pieces, none of which is identical.
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The steel pieces of Walt Disney Concert Hall, placed end to end, would stretch 49 miles.
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The organ in Walt Disney Concert Hall has 6,125 pipes.
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The fountain statues at the Highland entrance of the Hollywood Bowl are the Muses of Music, Drama, and Dance.
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall resembles a ship because architect Frank Gehry wanted to create the feeling of traveling along a ceremonial barge to music.
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The Music Center includes the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre.
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The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre is one of the oldest performing arts venues in Los Angeles still in use.
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The Ford Amphitheatre was built in 1920 as the site of the Pilgrimage Play. A 1964 lawsuit forced the closure of the play due to its religious nature.
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The Arts Commission, in conjunction with the Getty Trust, funds the largest arts internship program in the world.
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The 1,241-seat outdoor Ford Amphitheatre is set against a backdrop of cypresses and chaparral. No patron is more than 96 feet away from the stage.
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Only a handful of concerts during Hollywood Bowl's history have had to be postponed due to rain.
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Hollywood Bowl is the largest natural outdoor amphitheater in the U.S.
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At the first concert at Hollywood Bowl on July 11, 1922, the audience sat on simple wooden benches placed on the natural hillsides of Bolton Canyon.
