Stadtcasino Basel

Stadtcasino Basel is a concert hall in Basel, Switzerland.

Stadtcasino Basel
General information
Town or cityBasel
CountrySwitzerland
Coordinates47°33′16″N 7°35′22″E
Website
www.stadtcasino-basel.ch/en/

It belongs to the Stadtcasino-Gesellschaft, a non-profit cultural association in Basel.[1] It is the home of the Sinfonieorchester Basel.[2]

History
Interior as it appeared in 1897, during the First Zionist Congress.
The original building

The founding members first met, in hired premises on Reinacherhof, in 1808; eventually the society required its own building, and from 1820 the architect Melchior Berri worked on plans. The Stadtcasino-Gesellschaft was officially established in 1824, and the original building at Steinenberg was completed in 1826.[1] Notable events held in the original building include the First Zionist Congress in 1897.[3]

In the late 1930s, because of financial difficulty, the original building was sold, and a new building was erected.[1]

From 2000 there was a project to build a new Stadtcasino. Although an international competition was held for architects, and a winning project by Zaha Hadid was announced, the voters of the canton of Basel-Stadt refused permission in 2007 to proceed with the new building. It was proposed to make structural alterations and extensions to the existing building. The modifications, based on a study by architects Herzog & de Meuron, were carried out from 2016, and in 2020 the Stadtcasino Basel was officially reopened.[1]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stadtcasino Basel.
  1. "The Casino-Gesellschaft Basel" Stadtcasino Basel. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. The orchestra Sinfonieorchester Basel. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  3. The Dream of Zion: The Story of the First Zionist Congress, Lawrence J. Epstein
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