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Crowned by an iconic gold-anodized aluminum geodesic dome comprising 500 interlocking panels, the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts at 100 South Virginia Street in downtown Reno, Nevada opened in January 1968 as the Pioneer Theater-Auditorium. The dome was inspired by the futuristic designs popularized by R. Buckminster Fuller, and architect William Gravelle of Bozalis, Dickinson, and Roloff championed the concept after viewing a similar structure in Fort Worth, Texas. Originally designed ...