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Kodak Theatre
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Coordinates: 34°06′09.75″N, 118°20′24.5″W
The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
Since its opening on
November 9,
2001, the theatre has been the home of the annual
Academy Awards Ceremonies ("The Oscars"), which were first held there in
March 2002, and is the first permanent home for the awards.
The theatre was designed specifically with the Oscars in mind. It has a seating capacity for up to 3,400 people and the stage is one of the largest in the United States, measuring 113 feet wide by 60 feet deep. The theatre was sponsored by the Kodak company, which paid $75 million to have its name associated with the building. It is owned by CIM Group and rented to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar night.
The entrance hall to the Kodak Theatre is flanked by columns displaying winners of the Academy Awards for Best Picture since 1927-1928, with blank spaces left for future Best Picture winners well into the 21st century.
The rest of the year, there are live concerts with various artists, including
Céline Dion, the
Dixie Chicks,
Elvis Costello,
Vanilla Ice,
Barry Manilow,
Prince,
Ian Anderson,
David Gilmour,
Broadway musicals, dance shows, symphony performances and
opera. Other events have included the
AFI Life Achievement Award to
Tom Hanks, the
ESPY Awards for excellence in sports performance yearly, the
BET Awards and
American Idol finales. In
2005,
Nintendo appeared at the Kodak Theatre to promote their latest console, the
Wii, before
E3 began. It was again rented out to
Nintendo in
2006 for their pre-
E3 conference. The 2006
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was also held at the Kodak theatre for the first time, having been held in
New York in previous years. In
April 2006, it was home to the
33rd Daytime Emmy Awards, and it will host the
34th Daytime Emmy Awards on
June 15,
2007.