Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts

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2 E South St, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA

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N35° 46' 16.77" W78° 38' 22.1388"   (35.771325, -78.639483) Start navigation »

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Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts is the main venue for the performing arts in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The naming rights to the center currently are held by Duke Energy (formerly Progress Energy), which purchased them from the city in 2005 for a 20-year term at the cost of $7.5 million. The original naming rights previously were held by Business Telecom, Inc. (now EarthLink)), and the facility was known as the BTI Center for the Performing Arts from 1997-2005. BTI Owner Peter Loftin donated $3.1 million to the center in 1999, matching BTI's earlier donation.The center consists of:

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (opened 1932, renovated 1990)
Meymandi Concert Hall (opened 2001)
A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater (opened 2001)
Kennedy Theater (opened 2001)
Lichtin Plaza (opened 2001)

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