Center Theatre (New York City)

Center Theatre
Former names	RKO Roxy Theatre
Address	1230 Sixth Avenue
Location	New York City
Coordinates	40°45′31″N 73°58′50″W / 40.7587°N 73.9806°W
Owner	Rockefeller Center
Type	Broadway
Capacity	3,500
Construction
Opened	29 December 1932
Demolished	1954
Architect	Edward 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}

^ 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.

[aia5-1] 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.

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