Type Performing arts Capacity 1,050 Phone +1 504-731-4700 | Current use Performing arts venue Opened 19 June 2015 | |
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The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is a 1,050-seat theater located in LaSalle Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It serves as the home of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. The venue was designed to host grand operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and modern dance.
The $54.5 million performing arts center features an acoustically designed interior, a 51-ft. proscenium arch stage with a mechanical orchestra lift, a theatrical fly rigging system, four star-dressing rooms and six ensemble-dressing rooms. The theater inside the arts center is named after former Louisiana State Senator Ken Hollis, who helped secure funding for the theater.
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