Hollywood Palladium
| The Palladium | |
The Hollywood Palladium, 2012 (post-2008 renovation).
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| Location | 6215 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°05′53″N 118°19′27″W / 34.098007°N 118.32421°WCoordinates: 34°05′53″N 118°19′27″W / 34.098007°N 118.32421°W |
| Public transit |
 Hollywood/Vine
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| Owner | Palladium Investors Ltd. |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Concert Hall |
| Genre(s) | Big Band, Rock and Roll, Pop Music |
| Seating type | Standing room only, dance floor |
| Capacity | 3,700 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 10, 1940 |
| Built | 1940 |
| Opened | October 31, 1940 |
| Renovated | 2007-2008 |
| Website | |
| livenation.com | |
Hollywood Palladium is a theater located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It was built in a Streamline Moderne,Art Deco style and includes an 11,200 square foot (1040 m²) dance floor including a mezzanine and a floor level with room for up to 4,000 people. The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
Los Angeles Times publisher Norman Chandler funded the construction of the art deco Hollywood Palladium at a cost of $1.6 million in 1940. It was built where the original Paramount lot once stood by film producer Maurice Cohen and is located between Argyle and El Centro avenues. The style dance hall was designed by Gordon Kaufmann, architect of the Greystone Mansion, the Los Angeles Times building and the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia. He was also the architect for the Hoover Dam and early Caltech dorms.
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