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Keller Auditorium, formerly known as the Portland Municipal Auditorium, the Portland Public Auditorium, and the Portland Civic Auditorium, is a performing arts center located on Clay Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Portland's Centers for the Arts. Opened in 1917, the venue first changed names in 1966, being ...
Nolan had moved back to Oregon and when he saw that the movie was showing at the Portland Theatre, he decided to go see himself on the "silver screen." While in the lobby, he noticed two people walking by carrying the day's receipts. On impulse, Nolan went to the box office and held up the attendants for $1,176.
Antoinette Hatfield Hall Keller Auditorium. Portland's Centers for the Arts (stylized as Portland'5 Centers for the Arts), [1] formerly known as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA), is an organization within Metro that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in Portland, Oregon, United States.
The Rose Quarter contains two multipurpose arenas and a large theatre, as well as a box office, four parking garages, a 40,000-square-foot (3,700-square-meter) convention facility, several restaurants and bars, and a large public space, the Rose Quarter Commons.
The remainder of funds came from the City of Portland ($34.5 million), Allen himself ($46 million), with the final $10 million coming from a bond backed by box office and parking revenues. [45] In addition, the City transferred to Allen the underlying land.
The fair, by all economic measures, was a major success. Over the entire run of the fair, the box office recorded almost 1.6 million paid admissions, an average of 11,600 visitors per day. [34] Tickets to the fair cost 50 cents for adults, a quarter for children. [34]
The theater's front doors and ticket office were altered by J. W. McFadden Inc. in 1930, along with the construction of a new ticket booth. [2] In 1949, when the Waverly Heights Congregational United Church of Christ was reconstructing a new church building on its property at Southeast 33rd and Woodward, church services were held at the Oregon ...
Subsequent names for the venue included: Dufwin, Alcazar, Music Box, and El Capitan. Its name was changed to Playhouse Theatre in 1932; from then on, the venue mostly showed films. Playhouse closed in June 1950, and the building was used for church services and occasional stage events until finally closing in October 1953.