Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Performing arts center in Edmonton, Canada
The Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium is a 4-million-cubic-foot performing arts building on a 13-acre site beside the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Its main theatre seats 2,538 people on three levels, or 2,416 when the orchestra pit is in use. The building also holds a banquet room, meeting room, rehearsal hall and luxury suite, and its theatre and lobbies host trade shows and meetings.
Built in 1957 on a 13-acre site beside the University of Alberta, the auditorium was erected to mark Alberta's 50th anniversary and is owned and operated by the Government of Alberta. In 2005 it underwent a $91 million renovation for the Alberta Centennial. It hosted weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
The auditorium serves as a home base for local arts groups including Alberta Ballet and Edmonton Opera, which perform here regularly throughout the year. These organizations shape the city's cultural life and bring diverse art forms to audiences.
The auditorium sits on a 13-acre site next to the University of Alberta, and the main theatre seats 2,538 across three levels, dropping to 2,416 when the orchestra pit is in use. A banquet room, meeting room, rehearsal hall and luxury suite can be rented, and trade shows and meetings are held in the theatre and its lobbies.
In 2009 the auditorium sold 146,555 tickets, making it the busiest theatre in Canada that year, ahead of its Calgary twin the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (138,515) and Toronto's Massey Hall (93,742), as reported by Pollstar in January 2010.
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