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The Spreckels Organ Pavilion is an outdoor venue that houses the open-air Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.With more than 5,000 pipes, the Spreckels Organ is the world's largest pipe organ in a fully outdoor venue.
The Old Globe Theatre was built in 1935, designed by Richard Requa as part of the California Pacific International Exposition.The theatre was based on a copy of one built for the Chicago Century of Progress, which in turn was a copy of the Globe Theatre in London, England, where many of William Shakespeare's plays were performed during his lifetime.
Balboa Stadium is an outdoor stadium in ... adjacent to San Diego High School and Balboa Park. ... the seating capacity was increased from 23,000 to 34,000 by ...
The Starlight Bowl is an amphitheater in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was constructed for the 1935–1936 California Pacific International Exposition and seats 4,300. It was originally named the Ford Bowl, as Ford Motor Company sponsored outdoor concerts at the venue during the exposition by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir , the San ...
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. [3] [4] Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use.
Balboa Theatre was built by businessman Robert E. Hicks, architect William H. Wheeler, by the Wurster Construction Company for $800,000 in 1924. [2] A grand vaudeville/movie palace combining Moorish and Spanish Revival styles, the single-balcony theatre originally had a seating capacity of 1,513; [3] waterfalls on either side of the proscenium arch provided air cooling.
According to the CDPH, the “possible” exposure took place between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sept. 12 during the outdoor Goose concert at the venue, located at 1357 N. Elston Ave.
The Chicago Park District originally sought expansion in 2010, wanting to increase capacity to 14,000 and attract mainstream acts to the venue. The city voted against the expansion in 2011. [7] In March 2013, the Chicago Plan Commission approved a $3 million plan [8] to grow the venue's capacity from 8,000 to 30,000 seats. [9]