Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Arsht Center
	Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, February 2010
Full name	Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Former names	Miami Performing Arts Center (planning/construction); Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (2006-08)
Address	1300 Biscayne Boulevard; Miami, Florida
Location	Arts & Entertainment District
Coordinates	25°47′15″N 80°11′32″W / 25.7876332°N 80.1920912°W
Owner	Government of Miami-Dade County
Construction
Broke ground	October 15, 2001
Opened	October 5, 2006
Construction cost	$472 million ($812 million in 2023)
Tenants
	Florida Grand Opera; Miami City Ballet; New World Symphony;
Website
	Venue Website
Building details
Design and construction
Architect(s)	César Pelli & Associates
Structural engineer	Ove Arup & Partners
Services engineer	Cosentini Associates
Civil engineer	Balmori Associates
Other designers	Artec Consultants; BDS Steel Detailers; Fisher Dachs Associates; Architects Hall Designers; Frazier & Associates; Tnemec Company; Florida Protective Coatings Consultants; Jasper Enterprises; ADF Steel Fabrication; McGilvray Inc; Poole & Kent Contractors; GHSC; Enclos;
Main contractor	Odebrecht Construction; Haskell; EllisDon;

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is a performing arts center located in Miami, Florida. It is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. According to Arts Management Magazine,^[2] the Arsht Center presents artists from around the world, innovative programming from its three resident companies and local arts partners, free community events that reflect Miami’s identity and arts education experiences for thousands of Miami children each year. Family Fest, Free Gospel Sundays, CommuniTea LGBTQ+ celebration and Heritage Fest are among dozens of free events the Arsht Center presents to bring together people from all walks of life to celebrate each other through the live performing arts. Since 2020, the Arsht Center has presented more than 100 pop-up performances at hospitals, parks and libraries in communities throughout Miami-Dade County.

The center was partly built on the site of a former Sears department store; an Art Deco building constructed in 1929, predating the Art Deco hotels on Ocean Drive.^[3] It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store. However, by 2001, the only surviving part of the original structure was the seven-story tower designed by Sears as its store's grand entrance. The department store space itself had been demolished and developers decided to preserve the tower and incorporate it into the new performing arts center.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ "The Adrienne Arsht Center Marks 15 Years With Unique Cultural Flair El Centro Adrienne Arsht celebra 15 años con un estilo cultural único | AMM". Arts Management Magazine. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
^ Lopez-Bernal, Gabriel (May 23, 2007). "What's in a Name? A whole lot more than you'd think..." Transit Miami. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2009.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[2] "The Adrienne Arsht Center Marks 15 Years With Unique Cultural Flair El Centro Adrienne Arsht celebra 15 años con un estilo cultural único | AMM". Arts Management Magazine. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

[Lopez2007-3] Lopez-Bernal, Gabriel (May 23, 2007). "What's in a Name? A whole lot more than you'd think..." Transit Miami. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2009.

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