Salt Lake City's LDS Conference Center opened in 2000. In Salt Lake City, Utah, this premier meeting hall for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was completed in 2000 and replaced the traditional use of the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle, built in 1868, for the church’s twice-yearly general conference and other major gatherings, devotionals, and events. The building occupies 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) and the main auditorium seats 21,200 people — though it is often described as a 21,000-seat Conference Center.
Behind the pulpit the rostrum provides seating at general conference for general authorities and general officers of the church and the 360-voice Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. The auditorium is so vast it can hold a Boeing 747 in the space between the seats and the rear of the stage. All seats enjoy unobstructed views because the roof is held up by radial trusses; the balcony rests on 34 cantilevers and will sink 5/8 inch (16 mm) under full capacity.
Behind the podium sits a 7,708-pipe, 130-rank Schoenstein pipe organ, and underground you will find a parking garage. Radial trusses carry the roof, so every one of the 21,200 seats faces the pulpit and the 7,708-pipe Schoenstein organ unobstructed.