The Kentucky Center

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The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Address	501 West Main Street Louisville, Kentucky United States
Coordinates	38°15′26.3″N 85°45′31.7″W / 38.257306°N 85.758806°W / 38.257306; -85.758806
Type	performing arts center
Capacity	Robert S. Whitney Hall: 2,406 Moritz von Bomhard Theatre: 619 Boyd Martin Theatre: 139
Construction
Opened	November 19, 1983
Architect	Caudill Rowlett Scott
Tenants
Broadway Across America, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, Stage One
Website
www.kentuckyperformingarts.org

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky, which opened in 1983, is owned by Kentucky Performing Arts and has tenants that include Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, the Louisville Orchestra, StageOne Family Theatre and Broadway Across America. Sculptural artwork at the site is by Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, John Chamberlain, Jean Dubuffet and others.^[1]

The center was dedicated on November 19, 1983. Attendees included Charlton Heston, Diane Sawyer and Lily Tomlin.^[2] In 1984 the center hosted one of the U.S. presidential election debates between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.^[3]