Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center

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Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center inside view of lobby

The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's key performance arts center. This building hosts performances from local, national, and international performing arts groups. Built on the former site of Rike's department store, the building is home to the Dayton Opera and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra while showing many famous Broadway hits such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera while still providing local shows such as the Dayton Ballet.

This building serves as more than an arts center, with such additional features as:

  • Restaurants
  • 15 Story Office Tower
  • Condominiums
  • Garden Center (the Winter Garden)
  • A Penthouse

Architect Cesar Pelli created a world-class 2,300-seat theatre that has fiber optic lights in the dome ceiling that depict the Dayton sky as it appeared on the eve before the Wright brothers’ first flight, December 16, 1903.

The Winter Garden houses exotic palm trees and a cafe by a large glass-enclosed wall that overlooks downtown Dayton.

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Coordinates: 39°45′40″N 84°11′36″W / 39.76111°N 84.19333°W / 39.76111; -84.19333


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