The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Art Deco revival performing arts centre in Symphony Park, with a carillon tower and three venues.
The Smith Center opened on 10 March 2012 in Symphony Park, on former railway land west of downtown Las Vegas. Designed by David M. Schwarz Architects and faced in Indiana limestone, it is a deliberate exercise in Art Deco revival, taking cues from the detailing of the Hoover Dam and from the stylised blue iris associated with the centre's benefactors. A 17-storey campanile holds a carillon of 47 cast brass bells spanning more than four octaves, and the complex was the first performing arts centre in the country to gain LEED Gold certification.
Three indoor venues sit behind the limestone facade. Reynolds Hall seats 2,050 over five levels and hosts touring musicals, orchestral concerts, ballet and recitals. Myron's is a 240-seat cabaret room used mainly for jazz and songbook programmes, while the Troesh Studio Theater holds around 250 for smaller-scale work. The Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre are resident companies, and Symphony Park's two-acre lawn is used for outdoor events.
Highlights
- Seventeen-storey carillon tower with 47 cast brass bells
- Indiana limestone facade detailed after the Hoover Dam
- Reynolds Hall, a 2,050-seat five-level auditorium
- Home of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre
