Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Performance center in downtown Eugene, United States.

The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue in downtown Eugene with two main halls of different sizes. The larger one seats about 2,400 people while the smaller theater accommodates around 500.

The building opened in 1982 and became the city's main performing arts venue from that point forward. Its creation helped establish Eugene as a place where theater, concerts, and dance would flourish.

The center hosts four resident performing groups that call this building home, making it a gathering place where the community experiences its own musicians and dancers. Local artists have built their reputations here, and the venue reflects the city's commitment to supporting regional talent.

The venue sits within walking distance in downtown Eugene, making it easy to reach and pair with other activities in the city center. You can easily visit on foot and explore the nearby streets before or after a show.

Twenty-seven firms competed for the commission, won by New York's Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, designers of Minneapolis Orchestra Hall and Denver's Boettcher Concert Hall. The complex also holds the 200-capacity Studio and the Jacobs Community Room, and the city owns the roughly 5,000-seat Cuthbert Amphitheater in Alton Baker Park, run by Kesey Enterprises.