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{{Infobox Theatre
|name       = Jefferson Performing Arts Center
|image      = Metairie Louisiana, September 2021 - Jefferson Performing Arts Center.jpg
|image_size =
|address    = 6400 [[Airline Drive]]
|city       = [[Metairie]], [[Louisiana]]
|country    = United States
|owner      = [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]]
|capacity   = 1,041
|type       = [[Live Event Venue]]
|opened     = June 19, 2015
|closed     =
|reOpened   =
|currentuse = Performing arts venue
|website    = https://www.jeffersonpac.com/
|nickname   = JPAC
}}
The '''Jefferson Performing Arts Center''' is a 1,041-seat live event venue located in Jefferson Parish in [[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name="JPAC">{{Cite web|title=The Jefferson Performing Arts Center|publisher=jeffersonpac.com/|url=http://jeffersonpac.com/|accessdate=2015-07-06}}</ref> The venue was designed to host grand operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and private or corporate events.<ref name="JPAC" /> The venue is currently managed by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society.
The $54.5 million performing arts center features an acoustically designed interior, a 51-ft. proscenium arch stage with a mechanical orchestra lift, a theatrical fly rigging system, four star-dressing rooms and six ensemble-dressing rooms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jefferson Performing Arts Center to host gala June 20|publisher=bestofneworleans.com|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2015/06/02/jefferson-performing-arts-center-to-open-with-gala-june-20|accessdate=2015-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jefferson Performing Art Center is finally open|publisher=wgno.com|url=http://wgno.com/2015/06/18/jefferson-performing-art-center-is-finally-open/|accessdate=2015-07-06}}</ref> The theater inside the arts center is named after former Louisiana State Senator [[Ken Hollis]], who helped secure funding for the theater.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jefferson Performing Arts Center to open with June 19 open house|publisher=theneworleansadvocate.com|url=http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/12231841-123/jefferson-parish-performing-arts-center|accessdate=2015-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jefferson Performing Arts Center finally opens today, with free tours|publisher=wwl.com|url=http://www.wwl.com/Jefferson-Performing-Arts-Center-finally-opens-tod/21655963|accessdate=2015-07-06}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of concert halls]]
*[[List of music venues]]
*[[List of opera houses]]
*[[Theater in Louisiana]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Jefferson Performing Arts Center}}
* {{official|https://www.jeffersonpac.com/}}
{{Music venues in Louisiana}}
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