The name comes from the circular ceremonial chambers of the Pueblo peoples - and the room honours it with tiered, half-round seating that wraps the stage like a gathering. The Kiva Auditorium, on the upper level of the Albuquerque Convention Center's West Complex at 401 2nd Street NW, is downtown Albuquerque's 2,300-seat proscenium house for concerts, comedy and touring theatre. The auditorium opened with the convention center itself, designed in 1972 by Albuquerque architects Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn as New Mexico's largest convention facility - a complex that today spans some 600,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, including the 106,200-square-foot Fran Hill Exhibit Hall that doubles as a sports arena and concert floor. The Kiva's stage history reads like a mid-size market's greatest hits: Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder and Norah Jones on the music side; Jerry Seinfeld and George Lopez for comedy; touring Broadway titles including The Lion King and Chicago; plus regional Mexican headliners like Grupo Bronco - the half-round geometry keeping even the back tiers unusually close to the performers. The room works because of its bones: a full proscenium stage backed by a professional support suite - a green room with kitchenette, two chorus dressing rooms, two private dressing rooms and two production offices - and acoustics tuned for both spoken word and amplified music, which keeps the graduation, lecture and general-session calendar as busy as the entertainment one. The building around it was renewed in 2013-2014 with a 25-million-dollar top-to-bottom renovation - remodelled ballrooms, new glass facade, upgraded lighting - keeping the complex competitive; Civic Plaza next door, downtown's largest public space with room for 20,000, handles the outdoor end of the city's event calendar. Practical notes: the Kiva sits two blocks from Central Avenue's Route 66 corridor and the KiMo Theatre; Ticketmaster handles all ticketed events, parking fills the convention-center garage and surrounding downtown structures, and the Alvarado Transportation Center - Rail Runner and city buses - is a five-minute walk south.

Type: Theater / Concert Hall

Address: 401 2nd St NW, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 87102

Website: https://albuquerquecc.com

Capacity: 2350

Opening Date: 01/01/1972

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