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Capacity
  
2,000

Opened
  
10 April 1988

Phone
  
+1 321-242-2219

King Center for the Performing Arts

Former names
  
Brevard Performing Arts Center

Location
  
3865 North Wickham RdMelbourne, Florida

Address
  
3865 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32935, USA

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The King Center or the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located at 3865 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida. The main theater of the 126,000 square feet (11,700 m2) facility contains 2,016 seats. Also at the facility is a smaller 250 seat venue named the Studio Theatre or the Black Box.

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History

The Florida Legislature approved funds for initial design work in 1983 and construction in 1985-86 for the $12.3 million facility. On 10 April 1988, the venue opened under the name Brevard Performing Arts Center with two sold out performances of Singin' in the Rain. The next year, the named changed to Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts.

Performances

See Events at Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts

Operations

The center employs 10 full-time and 57 part-time employees. There are 400 volunteers.

Finances

Endowment was $3.5 million in 2009.

In 2009, it needed $2 million in repairs. It lost $911,000 in 2008. Management estimated that they would lose $700,000 in 2009.

References

King Center for the Performing Arts Wikipedia


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