PlayStation Theater

PlayStation Theater
Construction

Former names	Nokia Theatre Times Square (2005-10) Best Buy Theater (2010-15)
Address	1515 Broadway New York City, NY 10036
Location	Times Square, Manhattan
Owner	Anschutz Entertainment Group (operated by AEG Live)
Type	Concert theater
Capacity	2,100
Built	2004-05
Opened	September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)
Renovated	September 2010
Construction cost	$21 million
Website
Venue website

PlayStation Theater (formerly known as the Best Buy Theater and Nokia Theatre Times Square)^[1] ) is an indoor live events venue, owned and managed by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), located on 1515 Broadway, at the corner of Broadway and 44th street. It was designed by architect David Rockwell and opened in September 2005. The venue has a large standing room orchestra section, combined with a large area of seating towards the rear of the auditorium.^[2]

At the time of its construction, it replaced the historic Astor Plaza movie theater, which closed in August 2004.^[3] The estimated total cost of the transformation was $21 million.^[4]

Features

The venue seats 2,100 and features an 85-foot-long (26 m) LED high-definition screen that is one of the largest marquees on Broadway. The venue also is capable of presenting live footage from the stage or anywhere else in the theater. The theater's marquee sign is directly connected to MTV Studios and allows for live footage to be displayed there as well.^[2]^[5]

The theatre lounge features interactive and downloadable content for phones and other media devices. The building itself includes two private mezzanines, several dressing rooms, and a green room for up to 30 people.^[4] The theater hosts concerts, event parties, live television, web broadcasts, and award shows,^[2] including the Heisman Trophy Ceremony, which has taken place at this venue since 2005.^[6]

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Music venues of New York

Outdoor venues	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Citi Field Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park Forest Hills Stadium Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre at Eisenhower Park Lakeview Amphitheater McCarren Park Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Ralph Wilson Stadium Randalls Island Saratoga Performing Arts Center Yankee Stadium

Theaters and clubs	54 Below ABC No Rio Alice Tully Hall Apollo Theater Arlene's Grocery Asterisk Art Project Bargemusic Beacon Theatre Birdland (New York jazz club) The Bitter End Blue Note Jazz Club Bowery Ballroom Bowery Poetry Club Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Bowl Cafe Wha? Capitol Theatre Carnegie Hall Cornelia Street Cafe The Cutting Room David Geffen Hall David H. Koch Theater Gramercy Theatre Hammerstein Ballroom Highline Ballroom Iridium Jazz Club Irving Plaza ISSUE Project Room Jazz at Lincoln Center Joe's Pub The Kitchen Kleinhans Music Hall Knitting Factory (Le) Poisson Rouge The Living Room Mercury Lounge Metropolitan Opera House Music Hall of Williamsburg The National Underground NYCB Theatre at Westbury Pianos (club) PlayStation Theater Radio City Music Hall Rockwood Music Hall Saint Vitus (venue) Shea's Performing Arts Center SideWalk Cafe Smoke (jazz club) St. Ann's Warehouse The Stone (music space) Terminal 5 The Theater at Madison Square Garden The Town Hall United Palace Village Vanguard Webster Hall

Arenas	Barclays Center Carrier Dome First Niagara Center Madison Square Garden Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Times Union Center

Former venues	A7 (bar) Academy of Music (New York City) Aeolian Hall (Manhattan) Amato Opera Angels & Kings Archbold Stadium Bonds International Casino The Bottom Line (venue) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Cafe au Go Go Calderone Concert Hall CBGB Clef Club Connie's Inn The Cooler (night club) Cotton Club Danceteria Death By Audio The Downtown Eddie Condon's Electric Circus (nightclub) Fez (nightclub) Fillmore East Five Spot Café The Gaslight Cafe Gerde's Folk City Half Note Club Hurrah (nightclub) Kelly's Stables (New York) L'Amour (music venue) Legz Lion's Den (nightclub) The Loft Lone Star Cafe Long Island Arena Lulu's Luna Lounge Madison Square Garden (1879) Madison Square Garden (1890) Madison Square Garden (1925) Manley Field House Max's Kansas City Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm Mercer Arts Center Metropolitan Opera House (39th St) Mikell's Minton's Playhouse Mudd Club My Father's Place New York Hippodrome Nick's Northsix Onyx Club (New York City) Palladium (New York City) Paradise Garage Paradise Theater (Bronx) Pike's Opera House Polo Grounds The Ritz (rock club) Roseland Ballroom Rothko (club) The Saint (club) Savoy Ballroom The Scene (performance venue) Shea Stadium Sin-é Slug's Saloon The Sound Factory Bar Spit (nightclub) Studio 54 Sweet Basil Jazz Club Teatro Puerto Rico Tier 3 Tonic (music venue) Trash Bar The Village Gate Wetlands Preserve Yankee Stadium (1923)

Coordinates: 40°45′28″N 73°59′11″W / 40.75778°N 73.98639°W / 40.75778; -73.98639

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