Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (commonly known as Dr.
- Venue
- Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
- Address
- 445 S Magnolia Ave, Orlando, FL 32801
- Town
- Orlando, US
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (commonly known as Dr. Phillips Center) is a performing arts center in Downtown Orlando, Florida, United States. It joined the Bob Carr Theater, which originally opened as the Orlando Municipal Auditorium in 1927, to become Orlando's main performance venue. The center's grand opening was held on November 6, 2014. Barton Myers was the design architect with Artec Acoustic Consultants and Theatre Project Consultants co-designing the theaters. HKS Architects was the executive architect in association with Baker Barrios Architects, Inc. The venue was approved along with a new Kia Center (which replaced the Amway Arena) and improvements to the Camping World Stadium after a series of hearings and votes, culminating in final votes in the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on July 26, 2007, and the Orlando City Council on August 6, 2007. The design for the new venue was revealed on August 21, 2008. The venue features a 2,700-seat amplified hall, Walt Disney Theater, for Broadway musicals and multi-genre concerts as well as a 300-seat venue, Alexis & Pugh Theater, for smaller shows and events. Steinmetz Hall, the center’s third performance venue, is a 1,700‑seat multiform theater that achieved an N1 acoustic rating. It can be configured as a symphony concert hall, a proscenium theater, or a banquet hall. Construction began on March 6, 2017, and the hall officially opened on January 14, 2022. The final space to debut was Judson’s Live, a cabaret‑style music room for intimate performances, which opened on January 21, 2024. The venue costs US$613 million, with the completion of Steinmetz Hall. Two-thirds of the funding comes from public funds, largely from the Orange County tourist development tax. The other one-third comes from private donations, including a large grant from the Dr. P. Phillips Foundation, the philanthropic organization funded through the estate of Philip Phillips. A slow-down in the tourist development tax a