The Denver Performing Arts Complex (also referred to as the "Arts Complex") in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Arts Complex is a four-block, 12-acre (49,000 m2) site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats connected by an 80-foot-tall (24 m) glass roof.
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The Denver Performing Arts Complex (also referred to as the "Arts Complex") in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Arts Complex is a four-block, 12-acre (49,000 m2) site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats connected by an 80-foot-tall (24 m) glass roof. It is home to a professional theater company and also hosts Broadway musical tours, contemporary dance and ballet, chorales, symphony orchestras, opera productions, and pop stars. The City and County of Denver’s Arts & Venues owns and operates the three largest theaters in the Arts Complex - the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre and the Boettcher Concert Hall. The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex within the Arts Complex is managed and operated by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Performing arts organizations that regularly appear in the performance spaces include the Colorado Ballet, the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ theatrical divisions - Denver Center Broadway and Denver Center Theatre Company. The Denver Performing Arts Complex houses the following performance spaces: The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is the main venue inside the Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium. Its seating capacity is 2,225. The Buell Theater is designed for amplified musicals, dramatic plays, comedy acts and concerts. Its seating capacity is 2,884. Boettcher Concert Hall is the nation's first symphony hall in the round, designed to place the audience close to the stage. Its seating capacity is 2,679. The Wolf Theater is the largest of the four theaters in the Bonfils Theater Complex. It was previously known as the Stage Theater. It has a seating capacity of 601. The theater features audio-enhancing walls and a thrust stage. It was remodeled in 2020-2021, and its current name honors long-time patrons and benefactors in Denver's theater community. The Kilstrom Theater, renamed in 2021,