Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

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The Kimmel Center
for the Performing Arts

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Address	Kimmel Cultural Campus 300 South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 United States
Public transit	Walnut–Locust:   Broad Street Line 12th–13th & Locust + 15th–16th & Locust:   PATCO Speedline SEPTA bus: 4, 27, 32
Owner	Kimmel Cultural Campus
Type	concert hall recital theater
Capacity	Marian Anderson Hall: 2,500 seats Perelman Theater: 650 seats
Production	Marian Anderson Hall: Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Perelman Theater: The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, Philadanco, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Construction
Opened	December 16, 2001
Architect	Rafael Viñoly Architects, PC
Website
www.kimmelculturalcampus.org

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue at 300 South Broad Street and the corner of Spruce Street, along the stretch known as the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Kimmel Cultural Center, which also manages the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, and, as of November 2016, the Miller Theater. The center is named after philanthropist Sidney Kimmel.

The center is the home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of America's "Big Five" symphony orchestras. It is also the home venue of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Philadanco, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Kimmel Center Presents performance series, which features a variety of jazz, classical, and world pop performers.^[1]