Fox Theatre (St. Louis)
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The Fox Theatre is one of the most famous theatres in St. Louis, Missouri. "The Fox", as locals call it, is located in the arts district of the Grand Center area in Midtown St. Louis, one block north of Saint Louis University. It was designed in the 1920s by an architect specializing in theaters, C. Howard Crane in a style known as Siamese Byzantine. Originally opened in 1929 by William Fox as a movie palace for silent films, the Fox has survived through the years, and is now a versatile theater. The Fox Theatre closed in March of 1978 and was purchased by Fox Associates in 1981, the theater was restored, at a price of at least three million dollars, in comparison, the Fox cost six million dollars to build in 1929. The Fox reopened in September 1982 with the musical "Barnum".
The Fox currently seats 4,278 theatergoers plus 234 in the private Fox Club.
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- "Fox Facts" flyer issued during tours
