Shea's Performing Arts Center

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Shea's Performing Arts Center
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Former namesShea's Buffalo (1926-48; 1976-93)
Loew's Buffalo Theater (1948-75)
Address646 Main St
Buffalo, NY 14202-1906
OwnerCity of Buffalo
OperatorShea's O'Connell Preservation Guild Ltd.
Capacity3,019
Construction
Broke groundJanuary 15, 1925
OpenedJanuary 16, 1926
ClosedJune 30, 1975 (1975-06-30)
ReopenedFebruary 25, 1976
Construction cost$1.8 million
($31.6 million in 2023 dollars[1])
ArchitectRapp Brothers
Structural engineerMcClintic-Marshall
General contractorJohn Gill & Sons
Main contractorsBass Construction
Website
Venue website
Shea's Buffalo Theatre
NRHP reference No.75001186[2]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1975

Shea's Performing Arts Center (originally Shea's Buffalo) is a theater for touring Broadway musicals and special events in Buffalo, New York. Originally called Shea's Buffalo, it was opened in 1926 to show silent movies. It took one year to build the entire theatre. Shea's boasts one of the few theater organs in the US that is still in operation in the theater for which it was designed.

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  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.