Coral Springs Center for the Arts, Performing arts center in Coral Springs, United States

Coral Springs Center for the Arts is a performing arts center in Coral Springs featuring multiple performance spaces, galleries, and educational facilities within its modern building complex. The venue accommodates theatrical productions, concerts, exhibitions, and community programs under one roof.

Planned in the early 1980s from a city visioning exercise, the facility received $8 million from a parks bond and was designed by local architect Donald Singer. It opened in 1989 as a recreation building; demand for cultural programming led the city to make it its own department in 1990. A $4.5 million renovation, including $1.5 million from a patron artist, reopened it in 1996 as the Coral Springs Center for the Arts.

The center's name comes from its 1996 rebranding after renovation; it opened in 1989 as the City Centre. Its Next Stop Broadway studio hosts auditions and workshops, and the Museum of Art mounts an annual exhibition by members of the Coral Springs Artist Guild.

The 1,471-seat theatre and the Coral Springs Museum of Art share one building, so a single visit can cover a show and the galleries. The museum runs art instruction in ceramics, painting, illustration and mixed media for children through adults, plus a summer art camp. Check the programme before travelling, since the building hosts both performances and changing exhibitions.

The theatre's 1,471 seats and the two-court gymnasium share one structure: the portable bleachers face south as the theatre mezzanine and north as gymnasium grandstands. Cost overruns of $1 million and contractor bankruptcies during the three-year build forced cuts to the stage, fly tower and classrooms.