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Mesa Arts Center
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| Address | One East Main Street |
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| Location | Mesa, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33°24′50″N 111°49′50″W / 33.4140°N 111.8305°W |
| Owner | City of Mesa |
| Operator | City of Mesa |
| Type | Arts Center |
| Capacity | Ikeda Theater: 1,600 Virginia G Piper Repertory Theater: 550 Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse: 200 Anita Cox Farnsworth Studio Theater: 99 |
| Acreage | 7 acres |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2002 |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Construction cost | $90,000,000 |
| Architect | Bora Architects & DWL Architects + Planners Inc. |
| General contractor | Layton Construction of Arizona |
| Tenants | |
| Ballet Etudes East Valley Children's Theatre Mesa Encore Theatre Metropolitan Youth Symphony Sonoran Desert Chorale Southwest Shakespeare Company Salt River Brass | |
| Website | |
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The Mesa Arts Center is a performing and visual arts complex in downtown Mesa, Arizona. At more than 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) square feet, the $95 million facility, completed in 2005, is the largest comprehensive arts campus in the state.[1]
The Mesa Arts Center encompasses four performance venues, from the intimate 99-seat Farnsworth Studio Theater to the 1,600-seat Ikeda Theater.[2] The center is home to the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, which houses five art galleries with 5,500 sq ft (510 m2) of exhibition space.[2] The facility also features 14 visual and performing art classroom studios.[2] Multi-use areas throughout the campus provide both indoor and outdoor gathering and presentation spaces.
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