Bob Hope (Fox) Theatre
Overview
If you are looking for that unique meeting space, the Bob Hope (Fox) Theatre is it! Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, the theatre boasts 2,042 completely refurbished red velvet seats and a marble mosaic floor that encompasses a 242 square foot space in the center of the lobby. This theatre would be the perfect location for a film screening, concert, play, lecture, private party, or corporate presentation.
If you are looking for that unique meeting space, the Bob Hope (Fox) Theatre is it! Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, the theatre boasts 2,042 completely refurbished red velvet seats and a marble mosaic floor that encompasses a 1,200 square foot space in the center of the lobby. This theatre would be the perfect location for a film screening, concert, play, lecture, private party, or corporate presentation.
Amenities
- Art
- Comedy
- Concerts
- Dance
- Family Friendly
- Major Events
- Outside Catering and Bev Permitted
- Theatre
Meeting Spaces
Theatre
- Area: 2,042 square feet
The Bob Hope Theater is truly "One of the Greats". While you get the vintage feel for theater you also get a slight hunger to know the people who have graced this beautiful place. The parking is a block away, but there are wheelchair accessible spaces and so is the entrance to the theater as well are plenty placed for enough room for a wheelchair without the uncomfortable traffic of people smothering you to get in and out of their seats. However, getting to the seating area is not so wheelchair friendly. There are a couple of stairs to conquer but they are low and few. You would need a companion for this task. The sound and entire experience was a very fulfilling event. I will carry a very fond memory with me always. The Bob Hope Theater is impressive!
We saw Brad Williams, the comedian, earlier this week. He had two opener comedians. The second comedian was hard to hear, not sure if it was him or the sound person. Brad Williams, the biggest little man out there. OMG, he was so funny. My eyes burned from all of the tears from laughing. The Bob Hope Theater is beautiful inside. If you're going to drink, bring your credit card. $19 drinks or $32 for a double pour.
Saw ZZ Top. Was a very nice place and had nice seating
The ZZ TOP CONCERT was awesome. So happy I got to see them in person for the first time.
Three stars. There is a reason. Parking was good and the area is close to the college and safe. I didn't see much in the area for food and after show hang out. They may be there, just didn't see anything myself. The theater is an old theater that was beautifully restored. It is clean, and workers were nice, had good security. I was impressed with just the grandness of the place. I have been to old theaters in San Francisco and other similar sized places, the Bob Hope Theater is nicer. Now for the negative. To be blunt the sound sucks. I saw a performance by a band that wasn't loud and the sound bounced off the walls. The walls are hard cement, or stucco over brick, and I didn't see any baffling. What happens is the amps send out the sound vibration and that vibration hits the walls and they send the sound back at the audience. This causes a muddiness to the sound and the bass and drum, usually they are culprits, are heard twice. The way this is fixed is have a building that redirects sound away from audience, like Winterland did years ago. If you don't have that you hang baffles from ceiling or hang heavy curtains. You see this in theaters. The sound waves hit the curtain and is absorbed rather than sent back. The theater remodeler, again it was expertly done in visual aspects, neglected the audio. The sound engineer said he never listened to the sound outside of the headphones but upon looking at walls said "bouncing of the cement. Would I go to the theater again? If my wife insisted and the performer not anywhere within two hours, I may to make her happy. ZZ Top is coming and I would love to see them in a small venue but I would not go. Sole reason is there is no way they will sound good in that theater. Too bad because it is an awesome theater
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