Rialto Center for the Arts, Performing arts center in downtown Atlanta, United States.
Rialto Center for the Arts is a performing arts venue in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, with an auditorium that seats around 800 people. The space is set up for concerts, dance, and theater, with professional sound and lighting systems throughout.
The building opened in 1916 as a movie theater and stayed that way for most of the 20th century. In the late 1990s, a major renovation turned it into the performing arts center it is today.
Georgia State University runs this venue, which creates a mix of student events and professional performances on the same stage. On any given night, the audience can include both university regulars and first-time visitors from the wider city.
The center sits in downtown Atlanta and is easy to reach by public transit, with parking options close by. The building is fully accessible for visitors with mobility needs.
Parts of the original early 20th-century theater architecture were kept during the renovation, so the modern hall still carries traces of the old movie house. Visitors who look up or along the walls can spot details that date back to the building's first life.
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