Shrine Auditorium

The Shrine Auditorium
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Location	665 W. Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles, California
Public transit	Jefferson/USC
Owner	Al Malaikah Auditorium Company
Type	Indoortheater Convention center
Capacity	6,300 5,000 (Expo hall)
Construction
Built	1925
Opened	January 23, 1926; 99 years ago (1926-01-23)
Renovated	2002
Construction cost	$2.7 million
Tenants
USC Trojans (NCAA) (1939-1972)
Website
shrineauditorium.com
Al Malaikah Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 139
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Coordinates	34°01′24″N118°16′54″W / 34.02333°N 118.28167°W /34.02333; -118.28167
Architect	John C. Austin
Architectural style	Moorish Revival
NRHP reference No.	87000577
LAHCM No.	139
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1987
Designated LAHCM	March 5, 1975

TheShrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue inLos Angeles, California. It is also the headquarters of theAl Malaikah Temple, a division of theShriners. It was designated aLos Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 139) in 1975, and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Opened on January 23, 1926, the current Shrine Auditorium replaced an earlier 1906 Al Malaikah Temple which had been destroyed by a fire on January 11, 1920.^[1] The fire gutted the structure in just 30 minutes, and nearly killed six firefighters in the process.^[2]

In the late 1960s, the Shrine was referred to as "The Pinnacle" by the audiences of rock concerts.

In 2002, the auditorium underwent a $15 million renovation that upgraded the stage with state-of-the-art lighting and rigging systems, and included new roofing and air conditioning for both the Auditorium and Expo Center, modernized concession stands, additional restrooms, repainting of the Expo Center, and a new performance plaza and parking garage. The entire complex follows a Moroccan architectural motif.

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  The old Shrine Auditorium, 1905.
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  The old Shrine Auditorium, 1910.
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  The Shrine Auditorium in 1990, before the 2002 renovations.

The new auditorium was designed in theMoorish Revival style by San Francisco-based theater architectG. Albert Lansburgh, with local architectsJohn C. Austin and A. M. Edelman associated. When built, the auditorium could hold 1,200 people on stage and seat an audience of 6,442. An engineer who consulted on the project said that the steeltruss supporting the balcony was the largest ever constructed.^[3]

The Shrine Auditorium seats approximately 6,300 people (reduced during the 2002 renovation from the original 6,700 capacity) and has a stage 194 ft (59 m) wide and 69 ft (21 m) deep.

The Auditorium features two boxes above the orchestra level holding 40 people each and sevenloges on the balcony holding between 36 and 47 seats each (total capacity of the loges: 274). Of the remaining seats, 2,964 are on the orchestra level and 2,982 on the balcony level.^[4]

Adjacent to the Auditorium is the Shrine Exposition Hall. This is a multi-purpose event facility. It features 54,000 square feet (5,000 m²) of exhibit and meeting space—34,000 in the main level and 20,000 in an open mezzanine. The Exposition Hall has a capacity of 5,000 patrons. Trade shows, banquets, conventions and electronic music festivals, among other events, have been held there.^[5]

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  View of the building fromUniversity Park.
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  Southwest facade
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  South Spire
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  Royal Street vestibule
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  vestibule different angle
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  Detail of stained glass window

The Shrine Auditorium has hosted a number of events, mainly for entertainment:

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toShrine Auditorium and Expo Hall.

• Shrine LA! Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall Official Site
• Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall atGlass Steel and Stone (archived)
• Image of Stevie Wonder and Patti LaBelle performing at the Shrine Auditorium, 1978.Los Angeles TimesPhotographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections,Charles E. Young Research Library,University of California, Los Angeles.

Preceded by Impact Arena Bangkok

Miss Universe Venue 2006

Succeeded by National Auditorium Mexico City

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