King Center for the Performing Arts

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Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts
King Center
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Front View
Former names Brevard Performing Arts Center[1]
Location 3865 North Wickham Rd
Melbourne, Florida
Owner Eastern Florida State College
Type Performing arts center
Capacity 2,000 seat main theater[2]
Opened 10 April 1988[3]
Website
King Center website

The King Center or the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located at 3865 North Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida. The main theater of the 126,000 square feet (11,700 m2) facility contains 2,016 seats.[3][4] Also at the facility is a smaller 250 seat venue named the Studio Theatre or the Black Box.

History

The Florida Legislature approved funds for initial design work in 1983 and construction in 1985-86 for the $12.3 million facility.[3] On 10 April 1988, the venue opened under the name Brevard Performing Arts Center with two sold out performances of Singin' in the Rain.[3] The next year, the named changed to Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts.[3]

Performances

See Events at Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts

Operations

The center employs 10 full-time and 57 part-time employees. There are 400 volunteers.[4]

Finances

Endowment was $3.5 million in 2009.[4]

In 2009, it needed $2 million in repairs. It lost $911,000 in 2008. Management estimated that they would lose $700,000 in 2009.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts. "Our Mission & History", Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts website, 2007-2008. Retrieved on January 06, 2008.
  2. ↑ Florida Today. The Fact Book: Your Guide to Brevard County (Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today, February 28, 2004), p. 117.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Datzman, Ken. "Boston Pops to perform here as main event for King Center celebration", Brevard Business News, vol. 30, no. 40 (Melbourne, Florida: Brevard Business News, 1 October 2012), pp. 1 and 16.
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