Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and seats 2,518. It is part of the larger Orlando Centroplex organization which manages several facilities.
The site has been a center for performing arts since 1926, when the Orlando Municipal Auditorium was built. The auditorium was extensively modernized and enlarged between 1975 and 1977, at a cost of $2,300,000, and was renamed for former Orlando Mayor Bob Carr. The original Municipal Auditorium facade remains intact on the interior of the building. Additional modernization was done in 1991.
The auditorium is home to the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Orlando's three unrelated per-service professional orchestras, the others being the Orlando Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Festival Society in residence at Rollins College. The OPO is based in Symphony Square at Loch Haven Park in Orlando, Florida, and...
, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra is one of the nation's notable youth orchestras, serving the central Florida region for many years. The organization is currently celebrating its 54th season....
, the former Orlando Opera
Orlando Opera
The Orlando Opera was Orlando, Florida's professional opera company. Based in the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, the Orlando Opera performed multiple times a year in the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre and other venues in the central Florida region....
, and a variety of other shows, exhibits, and events.
The Bob Carr Centre will be replaced in 2014 by the Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center
Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is currently under construction performing arts center in Downtown Orlando, Florida, United States. It will replace the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, originally built in 1926. The new performing arts center is scheduled to open in 2014...
, which was approved in 2007 along with the new Amway Center and improvements to the Citrus Bowl
Citrus Bowl
The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....
. It is unknown what will happen to the Bob Carr Centre after its completion.