Inside the Fox Performing Arts Center
Crowds flocked to the new Fox Performing Arts Center in downtown Riverside this past weekend to catch an inside look at the newly-renovated facility following a 3-year, $32 million renovation.
Friday night was the grand opening, fund-raising gala while Saturday and Sunday were open house days. Judging by the looks on the faces of those who attended, no one walked away disappointed. This coming weekend will be the center’s first official event — two nights of Sheryl Crow.
Make no mistake, this was an extensive — and expensive — top-to-bottom, inside-and-out renovation. No detail was left undone. And as a result, the Fox is now a first-class music and Broadway-caliber venue. And one that Riverside — and Inland Southern California as a whole — can indeed be proud of.
So get out there and enjoy the new Fox.
Flash: Fox: May 2007 – Jan. 2010
Update: A recent entry on the LA Times “Culture Monster” blog digs into some of the renovation’s details: A Riverside movie palace is reborn (Jan. 26)
Related
- InstantRiverside.com – Riverside’s Fox Performing Arts Center opens; renovation finished (Jan. 16) | Go inside Riverside’s Fox Performing Arts Center; the Fox is new again (Jan. 17)
- Fox Performing Arts Center | Broadway in Riverside
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- RaincrossSquare.com – Open house at the Fox (May 2007) | Fox Theater restoration moving along (June 2009) | Riverside’s Fox Theater restoration in pictures (Nov. 2009) | Get into the Fox (Jan. 2010)
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Box office
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Main lobby
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Balcony
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Back stage
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Lobby
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Theater
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Upper lobby
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Ceiling
Sources: City of Riverside, The Press-Enterprise