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Southern Nevada’s Heart of the Arts® has celebrated more than a decade of achievement, community impact, and world-class performances.
A vision nearly 20 years in the making, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts reached a significant milestone in March 2022 with the celebration of its 10-year anniversary. After just a decade, The Smith Center has firmly ensconced itself as Southern Nevada’s Heart of the Arts®, a true cultural hub where community members from all walks of life can gather to enjoy high-caliber performances. As a nonprofit, The Smith Center has further provided a variety of education and outreach initiatives for more than 1 million students and teachers in Southern Nevada, most at no cost to schools.
“Over the past 10 years, our community has embraced The Smith Center as a cultural fixture of our city, and together we completely transformed access to the performing arts in Southern Nevada,” said Myron Martin, Smith Center president and CEO. “Our Smith Center family looks forward to celebrating 10 years of bringing the world’s greatest performers to community members’ back yard.”
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10 Fun Facts About
The Smith Center
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The number of students and teachers who have participated in The Smith Center’s educational programming from 2012 – 2020 would fill Allegiant Stadium (65,000-seat capacity) a total of 13 times
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The number of tickets sold for all performances at Smith Center venues since its opening in 2012 is 3,262,086 – which would fill 6,985 planes (747s specifically)
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The number of performances, residencies, workshops and events The Smith Center’s Education and Outreach team has provided since its opening in 2012 is enough programming to have an event every day for the next 10 ½ years
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The 19-foot-tall chandeliers in the Grand Lobby are nearly as tall as Washington’s nose on Mount Rushmore
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The Smith Center’s art deco theme was conceived by design-architect David Schwarz, who based his vision on the most enduring man-made landmark in Southern Nevada – The Hoover Dam
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The number of school buses that have brought students to The Smith Center for educational programming since 2012 would line the strip (4.2 miles long) a total of 18.6 times
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The main curtain in Reynolds Hall is 3,000 square feet – and would cover more than half an acre of land
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The Smith Center stage has the capacity of 250,000 pounds, - the equivalent of 35 adult Asian elephants
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A total of 33 major architectural firms from around the world submitted proposals to design The Smith Center before design-architect David Schwarz was selected
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The 47 cast bronze bells in The Smith Center’s 17-story tower have run a total of 127,750 times since 2012 – literally turning the building into a musical instrument
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