Memorial Auditorium
Historic 1927 Sacramento auditorium built to honour the county's war dead.
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The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium is a historic hall in Sacramento, California, finished in 1926 and opened on February 22, 1927. It was raised as a memorial to Sacramento County veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I, and the names of the county's dead from both wars are listed in its foyer. The main hall seats 3,849, and the building also contains the Jean Runyon Little Theater, with 272 seats, and Memorial Hall. Today it forms part of the Sacramento Convention Center Complex and remains a major stop for concerts and civic events.
Quick Facts
- Address
- 1515 J Street
- Location
- Sacramento, California, U.S.
- Capacity
- 3,849
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Background
Local architect James S. Dean designed the building, with Arthur Brown, Jr. consulting and G. Albert Lansburgh collaborating. It stands where the Mary J. Waters Grammar School once stood, on land given to the city by John A. Sutter; one of his heirs sued, unsuccessfully, claiming the gift was for park and school use only. Senator Hiram Johnson, a former pupil of that school, presided at the groundbreaking in July 1925. Seismic worries forced the hall to close in 1986, and after years of decay it reopened, renovated, in 1996.
Did You Know?
- Keith Richards was nearly electrocuted on stage during a Rolling Stones show on December 3, 1965.
- Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane both played the hall in 1968.
- The fourth bout between Bobby Chacon and Rafael Limón was fought here.
- The Rolling Stones appeared in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
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