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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 |
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Owner | City of Oakland Nonprofit |
Type | Indoor theater |
Seating type | Orchestra, balcony |
Capacity | 3,040 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1931 |
Renovated | 1973 |
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Paramount Theatre | |
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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 |
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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.