The Great Hall at Hamilton Place is a 2200 seat concert theatre designed to accommodate a full range of music, opera and musical theater events. Opened in September 1973, Hamilton Place is set distinctly apart from most, and perhaps all other performing arts centers in Canada, in that the project was financed by the people of the small city of Hamilton without public funding of any kind. Seventy-five percent of the financing came directly from over 15,000 donations from private supporters in the community. Hamilton Place is part of a civic complex that includes a provincial office tower, a convention and exhibition center, and the Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton Place comprises two performance spaces: the Great Hall and the Studio Theatre.

The Great Hall has many technical features that have helped make it equally successful for a wide range of performances. Among these features is a set of hydraulic forestage lifts, which can be configured in a variety of ways. The stage can be brought out into the audience area; the orchestra pit can be set up in several configurations; and seating platforms can be placed on lifts, bringing the audience closer to the proscenium opening. Acoustic control banners can also be extended or retracted to adjust the acoustics of the room.

Hamilton Place is home to Opera Hamilton, The New Hamilton Orchestra, The Bach Elgar Choir, and The Geritol Follies.

Artec provided Design and Planning services covering Pre-Design Phase services, Auditorium Acoustics Design and Noise & Vibration Control consulting. The architect for Hamilton Place was Trevor P. Garwood-Jones.