Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
| Address | 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard Thousand Oaks, California United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°10′28″N 118°50′55″W / 34.1745°N 118.8486°WCoordinates: 34°10′28″N 118°50′55″W / 34.1745°N 118.8486°W |
| Owner | City of Thousand Oaks |
| Operator | City of Thousand Oaks |
| Type | Performing arts center |
| Capacity |
Fred Kavli Theatre: 1800 Janet and Ray Scherr Forum Theatre: 400 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Architect | Antoine Predock |
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The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts center and City Hall for the city of Thousand Oaks, California. City Hall includes Planning and Building Department, City Works and other city departments.
Constructed in 1994 at cost of $63.8 million, the site was formerly Jungleland. The project was designed by AIA Gold Medal architect Antoine Predock in combined Postmodern and Modern architecture styles including a large sculptures mounted to the sides of the building.
The New West Symphony is the resident orchestra of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. They are also resident orchestra of the Oxnard Performing Arts Center and Santa Monica's Barnum Hall.
In 2015, an operations center for a proposed California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks opened on a city owned parcel next to the plaza.
The 210,000 sq. ft. building is ornamented with Indian sandstone. At its highest, the building towers ten stories; at its lowest, 22 feet under ground where it is anchored in volcanic rock. The site was home to a Chumash summer camp in pre-colonial times, known as Ipuc (Ven-654).
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is home to Fred Kavli Theatre, an 1,800-seat theater. Notable performers here have included Paul Anka,Colbie Caillat,Vince Gill,Art Garfunkel,Kenny Rogers,The Beach Boys,Mary Chapin Carpenter,Sara Evans,LeAnn Rimes,Willie Nelson,Kris Kristofferson, and Peter, Paul and Mary. Entertainers such as Liza Minnelli, Bill Cosby, David Copperfield, BB King, Sheryl Crow and Mikhail Baryshnikov have also performed at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
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