Thunder Bay Community Auditorium

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The Community Auditorium
Address
1 Paul Shaffer Drive
City
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Country Canada
Owned by City of Thunder Bay
Capacity 1,511
Opened 16 October 1985
www.tbca.com/
Coordinates: 48°25′21″N 89°14′29″W / 48.42252, -89.24142

The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium is a 1,511 seat performance arts centre located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It opened on October 16, 1985 and is home to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. The Community Auditorium hosts 150,000 patrons annually,[1] and is considered to be "one of the finest in North America".[2]

Performances held at the Community Auditorium include Alice Cooper, Bill Cosby, Billy Idol, Celine Dion, George Thorogood, Jann Arden, Just for Laughs, Peter Frampton, The Cult, and The Tragically Hip, among others.

The Community Auditorium has a 40' by 50' permanent stage, a 70' by 39' proscenium, 8 dressing rooms, 52 lines, 2x400A 120V/208V electrical, 3 meeting rooms, a 450 person banquet capacity, and parking for 1000 vehicles. The facility features a wide variety of state-of-the-art equipment, including a ceiling that can be lowered or raised and acoustic draperies which can be adjusted to modify the reverberance in the auditorium.[2]

[edit] Naming sponsor

In an effort to decrease the facility's burden on taxpayers, the Community Auditorium issued an expression of interest for an organization or individual to become a naming sponsor in February 2008.[1] Two potential sponsors — Shaw Communications and TBayTel — initially expressed interest,[3] but did not follow up on it by the 27 March 2008 deadline, and the name will remain the same.[4] The facility receives $475,000 annually from the City of Thunder Bay.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Naming Sponsor for The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium", Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 8 December 2007. Retrieved on 10 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b ARTEC Consultants Inc. - Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. Retrieved on 25 March 2007.
  3. ^ Burkowski, Peter. "Shaw, TBayTel go head to head again", The Chronicle-Journal, 5 February 2008. Retrieved on 10 February 2008.
  4. ^ Toulin, Alana. "In the name game, TBCA stays the same", The Chronicle-Journal, 29 March 2008. Retrieved on 5 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Three corporate sponsors express interest in Auditorium ", TBSource, 1 February 2008. Retrieved on 10 February 2008.

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