The idea was inspired by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the doyenne of Gilded Age New York, who regularly hosted the city's high society in her Fifth Avenue ballroom, which was said to fit about 400 people.

这个想法是受卡洛琳·谢默霍恩·阿斯特的启发，她是镀金时代纽约的宠儿，经常在她的第五大道舞厅接待城市的上流社会人士，据说那里可以容纳约 400 人。