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| Location | 2025 Broadway Oakland, California, USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′34″N 122°16′05″W / 37.809532°N 122.26805°W |
| Public transit |  O R Y 19th Street |
| Owner | City of Oakland Nonprofit |
| Type | Indoor theater |
| Seating type | Orchestra, balcony |
| Capacity | 3,040 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Renovated | 1973 |
| Website | |
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| Location | Oakland, California |
| Coordinates | 37°48′36″N 122°16′4″W / 37.81000°N 122.26778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Timothy Pflueger |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000395[1] |
| CHISL No. | 884[2] |
| ODL No. | 9 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 1973 |
| Designated NHL | May 5, 1977[3] |
| Designated CHISL | 1975[2] |
| Designated ODL | 1975 |
The Paramount Theatre is a 3,040-seat Art Deco concert hall located at 2025 Broadway in Downtown Oakland. When it was built in 1931, it was the largest multi-purpose theater on the West Coast, seating 3,476.[4][5] Today, the Paramount is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oakland Ballet. It regularly plays host to R&B, jazz, blues, pop, rock, gospel, classical music, as well as ballets, plays, stand-up comedy, lecture series, special events, and screenings of classic movies from Hollywood's Golden Era.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Paramount Theatre". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ NHL Summary
- ^ Pitts, Carolyn (February 17, 1977). "Paramount Theatre" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ "Paramount Theatre" (pdf). Photographs. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2012.