Bayou Place is a 130,000 square foot[1] entertainment complex that houses multiple theaters, bars, and restaurants located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The complex was the former Albert Thomas convention center located in the Houston Theater District at 500 Texas Street (originally built in the late 1960s).
The convention center was made obsolete with the opening in 1987 of the much larger George R. Brown Convention Center on the eastern edge of downtown. After years of discussion (which included possibly turning the building into offices, or demolishing it altogether), Maryland-based developer David Cordish entered into an agreement with the city of Houston in 1991 to redevelop the site. After a few more years of discussions, delays, and construction, it was reopened to the public as an entertainment complex December 31 (New Year's Eve), 1997.[2] At one time the complex had a scheduled completion date in the year 1996.[3]
Cordish Company has had a 50-year lease to manage Bayou Place since 1997.[4]
- ^ Houston Theater District Archived 2006-01-14 at the Wayback Machine retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ Central Houston Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Racine, Marty. "Woodlands to add entertainment sites." Houston Chronicle. Friday May 19, 1995. Houston Section, Page 1. Retrieved on May 27, 2012.
- ^ Patel, Purva. "Sundance Cinemas to move into Angelika’s old digs." Houston Chronicle. March 31, 2011. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.