Itzhak Perlman acted as a special advisor to the architects on accessibility needs for disabled performers and guests.

[2] The hall was renovated over a period of six months in 2002, after years of complaints from musicians about the quality of its acoustics.

[3] Filmmaker Jeffery Klassen's 2005 film Toronto Architecture interviews Arthur Erickson about the structure.

The science fiction television series The Expanse uses it as the setting for the United Nations headquarters.

[4] The Amazon series The Boys also uses the hall as the bottom base for the otherwise digitally created superheroes' tower Vought Headquarters.