Saenger Theatre (New Orleans)
Exterior of venue (c.2007) | |
| Address | 1111 Canal St New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2625 |
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| Location | French Quarter |
| Owner | Canal Street Development Corporation |
| Operator | Ambassador Theatre Group |
| Capacity | 2,600 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1924 |
| Opened | February 4, 1927 |
| Renovated | 1978-80, 2009-11 |
| Construction cost | $2.5 million ($45.9 million in 2024 dollars) |
| Architect | Emile Weil |
| Website | |
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Saenger Theatre | |
| Coordinates | 29°57′20.87″N 90°4′22.24″W / 29.9557972°N 90.0728444°W |
| Architect | Emile Weil |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000676 |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1977 |
Saenger Theatre is an atmospheric theatre in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Once the flagship of Julian and Abe Saenger's theatre empire, today it is one of only a handful of Saenger movie palaces that remain.