Center Theatre (New York City)

Center Theatre
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Former namesRKO Roxy Theatre
Address1230 Sixth Avenue
LocationNew York City
Coordinates40°45′31″N 73°58′50″W / 40.7587°N 73.9806°W / 40.7587; -73.9806
OwnerRockefeller Center
TypeBroadway
Capacity3,500
Construction
Opened29 December 1932 (1932-12-29)
Demolished1954
ArchitectEdward Durrell Stone

The Center Theatre was a theater located at 1230 Sixth Avenue, the southeast corner of West 49th Street in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Seating 3,500, it was originally designed as a movie palace in 1932 and later achieved fame as a showcase for live musical ice-skating spectacles. It was demolished in 1954, the only building in the original Rockefeller Center complex to have been torn down.[1]: 326, 327 

  1. ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.