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Atlanta Civic Center

Atlanta Civic Center
Atlantic Civic Center.jpg
Full name Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center
Former names Atlanta Civic Center
Coordinates 33°46′01″N 84°22′54″W / 33.76699°N 84.38157°W / 33.76699; -84.38157Coordinates: 33°46′01″N 84°22′54″W / 33.76699°N 84.38157°W / 33.76699; -84.38157
Owner City of Atlanta
Operator City of Atlanta's Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
Type Civic Center/Theater
Seating type Theater
Capacity 4,600 seats
Construction
Built 1967; 50 years ago (1967)
Renovated 2001 at a cost of $2 million
Closed October 21, 2014
Tenants
SciTrek (1988-2004)
Family Feud (2011-2015)
Website
atlantaciviccenter.com

The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater located in Atlanta, Georgia. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, comedy acts, and high school graduations and commencement ceremonies for Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. In addition to performances, the civic center can host conferences and exhibits as well, with 5,800 square feet (540 m²) of meeting space. The civic center is owned and operated by the Atlanta city government’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, but brings in enough revenue to be self-supporting.

The Atlanta Civic Center was built in 1967 on the site of Ripley Street and part of Currier Street in the Buttermilk Bottom slum. It was partly built as the city's convention center, a role now largely filled by the state-run Georgia World Congress Center . It once served as the home of "Theatre of the Stars", a summer series of Broadway musicals featuring well-known stars of the entertainment industry. The Balanchine production of "The Nutcracker" was performed there annually for several years. The Civic Center also served as the site for the 1996 Summer Olympics cultural program.

In 2000, it hosted the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions with Georgian Robin Carroll winning.

The Atlanta Civic Center underwent a $2 million renovation in 2001 and added "Boisfeuillet Jones" to its name in honor of Atlanta businessman and philanthropist Boisfeuillet Jones, Sr.. In 2003, the Civic Center became the host for the Atlanta Opera, which moved to the Cobb Energy Center in suburban Cobb County in 2007.


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