- Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
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Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Address 1001 Performance Place
Grand Prairie, Texas 75050Location Grand Prairie, Texas Type Indoor theater Opened 2004 Owner AEG Live Former name(s) Nokia Theater at Grand Prairie, NextStage Capacity 6,350 Website http://verizontheatre.com The Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie is a 28.5-acre (115,000 m2) live entertainment venue located in Grand Prairie, Texas, a suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. The theater seats 6,350 people. The theater opened in February 2002 and has featured numerous musical acts, theater shows, comedy shows, and family events.
The theater was built by Anschutz Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles-based company that built the Staples Center in Los Angeles and has been busy developing a new state of the art entertainment complex in Downtown Los Angeles.
In May 2002 Nokia Theater at Grand Prairie hired Dallas artist Cabe Booth to paint oil portraits of the visiting acts and personalities. The portraits are signed by the performers and then hung on display in the backstage area and administrative office area. In 2007, the venue moved a small portion of the now over 300 (and growing) 4'×4' paintings into the main foyer along with the downstairs entry to the private suites.
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