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Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson [3] and John Burgee, [4] it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. [5] It opened in 1982 [6] and completed an expansion to its lobby and meeting facilities in 2007. [7]
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the 1.43:1 ratio format being available only in few selected locations.
The building houses two theaters. The venue was completed and a dedication ceremony was held on December 15, 2006 as a joint venture with the City of Peoria and the theater company, Theater Works, who operates the building. [1] [2] The center would not officially open until February 2007 after Theater Works had moved in. [3]
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Eastlight Theatre will present its 31st annual performance of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1-2 and Dec. 6-9 and 2 p.m. Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, at East Peoria High ...
The theater was originally listed for $8.5 million. Blickenstaff spent $5 million renovating the 100-year-old building he purchased in 2019, transforming it into an 800-seat theater equipped with ...
The theatre opened in 1920 as a silent picture and vaudeville venue. [6] It had 1,600 seats. [6] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980. The Madison Theatre closed in the 1980s. It reopened as a comedy club and then again in 1992 as a dinner theatre. [6]
Savoy 16 near Champaign, Illinois underwent renovations and opened an IMAX auditorium on May 3, 2013, to make the fourth IMAX location for Goodrich Quality Theaters. All of GQT's screens were converted to digital in the Fall of 2011. Every GQT location featured one or more screens equipped with 3D technology, either in RealD 3D or MasterImage 3D.