Boutwell Memorial Auditorium, arena in Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Boutwell Memorial Auditorium is a red brick building on a street in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, designed by Thomas W. Lamb with a committee of local architects and completed in 1924. Its facade is divided into vertical bays by brick piers, each holding a tall recessed dark arch above small rectangular windows, with a dentilled cornice at the flat roofline. A lower projecting entrance section carries a long yellow sign reading "MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM" above a row of glass doors and windows. Inside, seating runs in a horseshoe shape around a stage set opposite a balcony.

Boutwell Memorial Auditorium was built in 1924 as Birmingham's Municipal Auditorium on a site near City Hall, facing what is now Linn Park. It was designed by Thomas W. Lamb together with a committee of local architects, and a later renovation added lobby and meeting-room space in front of the brick facade. The city renamed it for Mayor Albert Boutwell, and it remains city property. In 2022 it hosted muay thai, sumo wrestling and kickboxing events during the World Games.

The auditorium is named for Albert Boutwell, mayor of Birmingham from 1963 to 1967, and the city still owns the building. Its horseshoe-shaped seating with a stage at one end and a balcony opposite lets the hall switch between athletic events, theatre and other gatherings; in 2022 it hosted muay thai, sumo wrestling and kickboxing during the World Games.

The auditorium faces Linn Park from Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, next to the Birmingham Museum of Art, near the former City Hall site. The entrance is through the lower projecting section under the yellow "MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM" sign, where glass doors span the front. Seating runs in a horseshoe around a stage opposite a balcony, so sightlines differ by section.

The auditorium was designed by Thomas W. Lamb with a committee of local architects, and a later renovation added lobby and meeting-room space in front of the brick facade, giving the street side a modernist marble, aluminum and glass look. In 2022 it hosted muay thai, sumo wrestling and kickboxing events during the World Games.