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The Springer Opera House is a historic theater at 103 Tenth Street in Downtown Columbus, Georgia, United States.First opened February 21, 1871, the theater was named the State Theatre of Georgia by Governor Jimmy Carter for its 100th anniversary season, a designation made permanent by the 1992 state legislature. [3]
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The Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL combined statistical area includes two additional counties in Alabama. A 2013 census estimate showed 316,554 in the metro area, with 501,649 in the combined statistical area.
Mary Beth Tinker returned to the Tully Center in October 2015 during Banned Book Week to discuss free speech rights and celebrate the First Amendment. [10] In November, 2015, the Tully Center hosted Tech executive and owner of Aereo, Chet Kanojia, to discuss the shutdown of Aereo after the company was sued for copyright violations. [11]
Annually, the center hosts the Miss Georgia Pageant and the Ledger-Enquirer's Page One Awards. The Bill Heard Theatre regularly holds performances of the Columbus Symphony, the Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus, and the Columbus Ballet. RiverCenter operates under contract with Tickets.com and runs performances year-round.
The Columbus Civic Center is home to the Columbus Lions indoor football team and the Columbus River Dragons professional ice hockey team. [10] The Civic Center also hosts some Auburn Tigers collegiate ice hockey games when the Columbus Ice Rink next door is unavailable. Several other sports teams have also used the arena in the past.
Columbus Lions; Current season: Established 2006 Play in Columbus, Georgia at the Columbus Civic Center ColumbusLions.net: League/conference affiliations; World Indoor Football League (2007) American Indoor Football Association (2008–2009) Western Conference (2008) South Division (2008) South Division (2009) Southern Indoor Football League ...