Owner Araneta Group Capacity 2,385 Phone +63 2 588 4000 | Reopened August 15, 2015 Opened 1965 Renovated 2015 | |
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Public transit Araneta Center–Cubao MRT and LRT Stations Years active 1965–1980s,
2015–present Address General Aguinaldo Ave, Cubao, Quezon City, 1109 Metro Manila, Philippines Similar Smart Araneta Coliseum, Gateway Mall, Quezon Memorial Circle, Novotel Manila Araneta, Ali Mall Profiles | ||
The Kia Theatre, formerly the New Frontier Theater, is a multi-purpose events hall in the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines.
History
The theater first opened in 1965 as the New Frontier Theater and was considered for some years to be the biggest theater in the Philippines, with at least 3,500 seating capacity. It was used until the late 1980s after which the theater fell into disuse.
Renovations were planned as early as 2003 but it was almost a decade later that such works would have been completed. It was renovated and reopened on September 1, 2015. The renovation around ₱500 million. The facade of the original building was kept. The renovated theater has a 2,385 seating capacity.
The theater was renamed "Kia Theatre" after the Araneta Group reached a 5-year licensing deal with Columbian Autocar Corporation, the Philippine distributor for Kia Motors, on July 15, 2015. The theater façade will feature a 305.96 square metres (3,293.3 sq ft) Kia showroom as part of the agreement.
The Manuel L. Quezon play marked the reopening of the theater on August 15, 2015. The first commercial show of the theater upon its reopening was The Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival which ran from September 1 to 6.