Radio City Music Hall the "International Music Hall" and the Center Theatre, as part of the "Radio City" portion of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of the two venues. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the Music Hall to bankruptcy. Radio City Music Hall was designated a New York City Landmark in May 1978, and the Music Hall was restored and allowed to remain open. The hall was extensively renovated in 1999. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. One of the more
Radio City Music Hall taped a live stage show, called "Barney Live in New York City" at the theater. In February 1998, Radio City Music Hall was a setting for the "Sesame Street" music special "Elmopalooza", with Jon Stewart, David Alan Grier and others with the cast of "Sesame Street" and the Muppets. In October 2001, the concert "" was simulcast live from the theater on The WB and TNT. The concert had been delayed following the September 11 attacks the month before. Radio City Music Hall was also the site for "Jeopardy!"'s 4,000th episode in May 2002, at which time the show's Million