Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)

Memorial Hall is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Kansas City, Kansas. The 3,500-seat auditorium, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events.EstablishmentThe venue opened in 1925.Notable eventsMusical eventsIt was the location of American country-music singer Patsy Cline's, Cowboy Copas' and Hawkshaw Hawkins' last public performance, during a benefit concert on March 3, 1963 two days before their death in an airplane crash in Camden, Tennessee, while en route to Nashville, Tennessee, from Kansas City.During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the venue hosted a number of iconic rock acts of the era, including Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Iron Butterfly, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Janis Joplin. Led Zeppelin performed at Memorial Hall on November 5, 1969. The Grateful Dead played eight (I included 11/12/72) shows there on the following dates: 2/5/69, 11/13/72, 10/28/77, 2/9/79, 2/10/79, 12/10/79 and 12/11/79.