Atlanta Civic Center

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The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue in Atlanta, Georgia. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, and comedy acts. 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 ^[1].

The Civic Center was originally built in 1968 as the city's convention center, a role now largely filled by the Georgia World Congress Center ^[2]. The Civic Center served as the site for the 1996 Summer Olympics cultural program. The Atlanta Civic Center underwent a $2 million renovation in 2001 ^[3] and added "Boisfeuillet Jones" to its name in honor of an Atlanta businessman and philanthropist. In 2003, the Civic Center became the host for the Atlanta Opera.

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↑ Witt, Richard and Brendan Segar. March 3, 2006. "Bid farewell to that '70s show: Cobb's center's time has come and gone." Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [4]

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