Mann Center for the Performing Arts
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The Mann Center for The Performing Arts is a 14,000 (approx.) seat summer musical venue located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park
. The venue operates as both an indoor performance hall and an outdoor music venue. The building first opened in 1976 as the summer performance home for The Philadelphia Orchestra
and has since hosted numerous performances from several well-known musical groups. The venue has a total seating capacity
of 14,000 with 4,700 seats under the roof and over 8,600 outside.
's original performance band shell, the Robin Hood Dell. It was created as an outdoor performance venue during the summer months for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In 1978, the facility was renamed "Mann Center for the Performing Arts" in honor of Frederic R. Mann, a Philadelphia businessman who supported the cause of summer musical performances in Fairmount Park
.
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:...
. The venue operates as both an indoor performance hall and an outdoor music venue. The building first opened in 1976 as the summer performance home for The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
and has since hosted numerous performances from several well-known musical groups. The venue has a total seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of 14,000 with 4,700 seats under the roof and over 8,600 outside.
History
The building first opened in 1976 as the Robin Hood Dell West, a companion facility to Fairmount ParkFairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:...
's original performance band shell, the Robin Hood Dell. It was created as an outdoor performance venue during the summer months for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In 1978, the facility was renamed "Mann Center for the Performing Arts" in honor of Frederic R. Mann, a Philadelphia businessman who supported the cause of summer musical performances in Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:...
.