The Atlanta Civic Center
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| Full name | Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center |
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| Former names | Atlanta Civic Center |
| Coordinates | 33°46′01″N 84°22′54″W / 33.76699°N 84.38157°WCoordinates: 33°46′01″N 84°22′54″W / 33.76699°N 84.38157°W |
| 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 |
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| Built | 1967 |
| Renovated | 2001 at a cost of $2 million |
| Closed | October 21, 2014 |
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SciTrek (1988-2004) Family Feud (2011-2015) |
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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 community. 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 hosted the annual Spring Tour of the Metropolitan Opera and 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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