A Mecca for Multi-Culture on the Avenue of the Arts - Visiting Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a life-size arena where a number of different artists come and perform various different forms of "performing arts-" a term that started being used from the year 1711. Architect Rafael Vinoly at the end of a fifteen-year project completed the Center. This massive structure is estimated to have cost around 265$ million dollars to build.

The idea for the Kimmel Center originated in the year 1996 with the amalgamation of the needs of two different entities. The mayor at that point of time wanted to build a venue where some of the best performing artists could put up their act. Coincidentally, at that point of time, the Philadelphia Orchestra was also looking at a place which they could call home. The Regional Performing Arts Center was born as a result of the merger of the two ideas.

The unique thing about the Kimmel Center is the glass ceiling. Numerous visitors come and take free tours of the Center, which is open on all seven days of the week and is amongst Philadelphia's more well liked sites. The Kimmel Center has three main parts - Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Roof Garden.

The Verizon Hall is the key performance hall with a seating capacity of 2500. The Perelman Theater consists of a turntable stage with a 75 feet diameter and has a capacity of 650. This place is often used for recitals besides containing an orchestra pit and a fly-loft. The Roof Garden is built directly above the Perelman Theater.