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During its first decades the theatre was rarely used, and it was used as a barracks during World War II. In the late 1940s a San Francisco producer brought touring shows to the venue. In 1952 (and for the next 23 years) James A. Doolittle, a Los Angeles dance impresario, leased the theatre and upgraded it with better seating and backstage ...
The Pavilion has 3,156 seats spread over four tiers, with chandeliers, wide curving stairways and rich décor. [2] The auditorium's sections are the Orchestra (divided in Premiere Orchestra, Center Orchestra, Main Orchestra and Orchestra Ring), Circle (divided in Grand Circle and Founders Circle), Loge (divided in Front Loge and Rear Loge), as well as Balcony (divided in Front Balcony and Rear ...
Downtown Los Angeles 1,500 Unknown Glendale Performing Arts Center Glendale 1,559 1927: The Theatre at Ace Hotel: South Park 1,600 March 1968 Oxnard Performing Arts Center Oxnard: 1,608 1998 City National Grove of Anaheim: Anaheim: 1,700 1990: Mayan Theater: South Park 1,700 1994 Fred Kavli Theatre: Thousand Oaks 1,800 1929: Royce Hall ...
"Elite of Filmdom Thrill to Boxing Wars at Local Arena" Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1937. Seating capacity in the 1920s and 1930s was 10,400. [3] In 1936 it had more gate entries than Chicago Stadium and Madison Square Garden combined, and had about double the ticket sales of rival Hollywood Legion Stadium. [3]
Interior during an exhibition basketball game against Cal Poly Pomona. USC had planned to build an on-campus indoor arena for more than 100 years. Before the Galen Center, USC basketball had been played at a variety of locations, including the neighboring Shrine Auditorium stage, the old Pan-Pacific Auditorium in the Fairfax District, and from 1959 onward at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
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The main theater accommodated 616 patrons and was named after Los Angeles philanthropist Lloyd E. Rigler, while the second theater accommodated 78 was named after Steven Spielberg. [10] In addition to these renovations, the Egyptian's forecourt was restored to its original 1922 appearance, and palm trees and planters were also added.
The Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre) is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.