Address | 125 Pioneer Plaza El Paso, Texas United States |
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Owner | City of El Paso |
Operator | SMG |
Capacity | Kendle Kidd Performance Hall: 2000 Philanthropy Theatre: 200 |
Construction | |
Opened | September 12, 1930 |
Reopened | March 17, 2006 |
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Plaza Theatre | |
Coordinates | 31°45′31″N 106°29′11″W / 31.75861°N 106.48639°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1929 |
Built by | C.A. Goetting |
Architect | W. Scott Dunne |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 87000902[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1987 |
The Plaza Theatre is a historic building in El Paso, Texas, United States, built in 1930. The theater stands as one of the city's most well-known landmarks,[2] and remains operational today. The theatre is a National Historic Building of Significance featuring the 2,050-seat Kendall Kidd Performance Hall, and the smaller 200-seat Philanthropy Theatre. It hosts Broadway productions, musical concerts, individual performers and the annual Plaza Classic Film Festival.[3]