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Located at the corner of Post and Steiner Streets, the venue opened in 1928 as the New Dreamland Auditorium, originally serving as an ice skating rink that could be converted into a seated entertainment space. In the late 1930s, it was renamed Winterland (although the press sometimes referred to it as Winterland Auditorium or Winterland Ballroom).

Bill Graham began occasionally renting the venue in September 1966, as it had greater capacity than his nearby Fillmore Auditorium. In 1971, when he became the  owner, he converted Winterland to exclusive use as a music venue. Winterland famously closed on New Year’s Eve 1978 into New Year’s Day 1979 with an eight-hour concert featuring the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Blues Brothers. The building was demolished in September 1985.