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Fox Theater | |
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| Address | 3801 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, California United States |
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| Owner | City of Riverside |
| Operator | Live Nation |
| Type | Movie palace |
| Capacity | 1,646 |
| Screens | 1 |
| Current use | Live event venue |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Reopened | 2010 |
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  Location of Fox Theater in California | |
| Coordinates | 33°59′2″N 117°22′30″W / 33.98389°N 117.37500°W |
| Architect | Balch and Stanbury[1] |
| Architectural style(s) | Spanish Colonial Revival |
| Reference no. | 39 |
The Riverside Fox Theater, also known as the Fox Performing Arts Center, was built in 1929, and is a Spanish Colonial Revival style building in the heart of downtown Riverside, California. The theater is the centerpiece of Riverside's Arts & Culture initiative and underwent a major renovation and restoration to become a regional performing arts facility. Renovation was completed in the Fall 2009, with a grand-reopening in January 2010.
The theater is best known for being the first theater to screen the most successful film in box-office history when adjusted for inflation, the 1939 film Gone With the Wind.[2][3]
- ^ Riverside Cultural Heritage Board (January 2002). "Landmarks of the City of Riverside" (PDF). City of Riverside. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ^ "Fox Theater Riverside: History of the Fox Theater". www.foxriversidelive.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13.
- ^ Lech, Steve (2007). Riverside 1870–1940. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7385-4716-9.