David H. Koch Theater Detailed Seating Chart

The David H. Koch Theater is one of the world’s premier venues for dance and ballet performances, as well as numerous other events that take place at Lincoln Center in New York City each year. It seats 2,755 people in total, and features continental-style seating (which means there is no center aisle) on the orchestra level and five ascending “rings,” or balconies.

The theater was specifically designed for dance, which means that its primary goal is to provide excellent sight lines to every seat. In the seating plan, the seats appear far from the stage, but because the seating is shallow, they are actually closer than they seem.

It’s important to note that Lincoln Center has numerous venues (it can get very confusing). The David Koch Theater is grand; however, the main venue is the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.

David Koch Theater Interactive Seating Chart

(Hover over any section below for a complete row-by-row breakdown.

David Koch Theater Lincoln Center Seating with Rows & Seat Numbers

See the David Koch Lincoln Center seating chart with row and seat number details below (click through for a high-res image):

Tips for Choosing the Best Seats at David Koch Lincoln Center

Buying tickets for ballet, dance, opera, and other performances can be challenging. You need to try to envision what the performance will look like from the different seats in which you are looking to sit. The standard seats, which are considered the best, are seats in the center orchestra from row E to row O. Of course, if you are paying attention to seat numbers, then you can be confident that seats close to the center aisle are also very good seats.

What I would warn people about are the seats in the AA-CC rows, from the first ring through the fourth ring. Although some might enjoy these seats, the angle is quite a side angle, and the seats aren’t quite adjacent to one another, so you may feel somewhat removed from the people you are with.

We’d also like to inform people that, although the 2nd and 3rd rings may appear far, these seats are surprisingly good, provided you set your expectations appropriately.

Lastly, before buying tickets to the David Koch Theater, we suggest constantly checking the availability here on TickPick, as we are a marketplace with no buyer’s fees and the guaranteed best prices of any ticket marketplace.

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