The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (formerly San Francisco Civic AuditoriumOct 13, 1992, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to rename the San Francisco Civic Auditorium after rock promoter Bill Graham, who'd been killed a year earlier in a helicopter crash.) is a multi-purpose arena in San Francisco, California, currently named after promoter Bill Graham. The arena holds 7,000 people and was built in 1915.