"Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Children's Fairyland puppets Karl the Elf and Quercus kicked off the opening festivities on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for East Bay's most iconic landmarks, the newly reopened Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts."
"Two decades after the venue was shuttered, visitors were allowed to tour the 215,000-square-foot event space, which cost East Bay real estate firm Orton Development about $100 million to restore."
"The venue, which first opened in 1915, features a massive hardwood arena with stadium seating, a 1,350-seat theater, and several smaller gathering spaces, including a banquet room overlooking the lake."
Oakland's Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts reopened to the public following a multi-year restoration by Orton Development that cost about $100 million. The 215,000-square-foot venue, first opened in 1915, includes a massive hardwood arena with stadium seating, a 1,350-seat theater, and several smaller gathering spaces including a banquet room overlooking the lake. Opening weekend featured a Friday roller-skating party and a Saturday program of local performances, tours, refreshments, theater performances and storytelling in the Calvin Simmons Theater. A ribbon-cutting ceremony included Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Children's Fairyland puppets Karl the Elf and Quercus.
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