Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center
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Exterior of venue (c.2014)
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| Address | 445 S Magnolia Ave Orlando, FL 32801 |
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| Location | Downtown Orlando |
| Owner | City of Orlando |
| Type | Performing arts center |
| Capacity | 2,731 (Walt Disney Theater) 1,700 (Steinmetz Hall) 400 (DeVos Family Room) 294 (Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater) |
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| Broke ground | June 23, 2011 |
| Opened | November 6, 2014 |
| Expanded | 2016-19 |
| Construction cost | Phase 1: $383 million Phase 2: $185 million |
| Architect | Barton Myers, Baker Barrios Architects, Inc., HKS Architects, Inc. |
| Project manager | AMS Planning & Research Corp |
| Structural engineer | Harmon, Inc., Uni-Systems Engineering |
| Services engineer | Randall Mechanical, Inc. |
| General contractor | Balfour Beatty Construction |
| Main contractors | Forte Young, Inc., R.L. Burns, Inc., Rey Group, Inc. |
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| Orlando Ballet (2014-present) | |
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| Venue Website | |
Coordinates: 28°32′17″N 81°22′41″W / 28.538032°N 81.378192°W
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (commonly known as the Dr. Phillips Center) is a performing arts center in Downtown Orlando, Florida, United States. It replaced the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, originally opened as the Orlando Municipal Auditorium in 1927. The center's grand opening was held on November 6, 2014.
Barton Myers is the design architect, with acoustics by Artec Consultants and Theatre Project Consultants designing the theaters.
The venue was approved along with a new Amway Center (which replaced the Amway Arena) and improvements to the Citrus Bowl after a series of hearings and votes, culminating in final votes in the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on July 26, 2007, and the Orlando City Council on August 6, 2007.
The design for the new venue was revealed on August 21, 2008. The venue features a 2,700-seat amplified hall (Walt Disney Theater) for Broadway theater-class play events and a 300-seat venue (Pugh Theater) for smaller shows and events. A third theater, a 1,700-seat acoustic hall (Steinmetz Hall) for ballet, operas and orchestral performances, will begin construction in 2016, with a completion date sometime in late 2018.
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