45°31′01″N 122°40′53″W / 45.516936°N 122.681458°W
Former names | Portland Publix Theatre (1928–30) Paramount Theatre (1930–84) |
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Address | 1037 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97205-3004 |
Location | Downtown Portland |
Owner | City of Portland |
Operator | Portland's Centers for the Arts |
Capacity | 2,776 |
Construction | |
Opened | March 8, 1928 |
Closed | 1982 |
Reopened | September 8, 1984 |
Construction cost | $1.5 million ($26.3 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Rapp and Rapp |
Website | |
Venue Website | |
Paramount Theatre | |
Portland Historic Landmark[2] | |
Architectural style | Italian Rococo Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 76001585 |
Added to NRHP | April 22, 1976 |
The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (opened as the Portland Publix Theatre before becoming the Paramount Theatre after 1930) is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States. Part of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, it is home to the Oregon Symphony, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, White Bird Dance Company, and Portland Arts & Lectures. It is also a concert and film venue. Originally (and sometimes still referred to as) the Paramount Theatre, it is also locally nicknamed "The Schnitz".
It is Portland's last surviving theater building on Broadway, which was once lined with several large theater houses.