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Heinz Field
Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts is located with in the cultural district in Pittsburgh PA and is home to Pittsburgh's Symphony Orchestra. The hall opened up as a movie palace in 1927, and was called Loew's Penn Theatre back then. The movie palace was designed by the architectural firm named Rapp & Rapp. The salient feature of the design of the hall is its grand lobby that is equipped with marble staircase, silk drapes, Venetian Ceiling, chandeliers made out of bronze and crystals and massive columns.

By 1960s, the movie palace came very close to being demolished as the theatre was shut down in 1964 because of the financial losses bore by the theatre. Not just that, television and suburban theatres also took away substantial amount of viewers from the theatre, further convincing the owners to shut it down and eventually, demolish it. However Pittsburgh Symphony Society proved out to be the saving grace for the building, as the president of the Pittsburgh Symphony along with Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Allegheny Conference, bought the theatre and turned it in to the new home for Pittsburgh Symphony.

Keeping the basic design of the building unchanged, the hall under went extensive renovations and was reopened as the Heinz Hall on September 10, 1971. The renovations of the hall included a newly built crystal chandelier, polychrome decor changed to white and gold design etc. One the major renovations included, the turning of movie theatre into a concert hall. Heinz Hall's reopening was celebrated with a concert by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, which was conducted by William Steinberg and following the concert was a dedication speech by H. J. Heinz II. Four-Storey Heinz Hall Plaza was also added up to the hall later in 1982. Following this addition, Heinz Hall was once again renovated in 1995, and after incurring the cost of $6.5 million, several alterations were made which included acoustical risers, improved air conditioning, new wall papers, new orchestra shell etc.

Every year, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, holds a number of classical, and pop concerts along with special concerts for children, Symphony with a Splash and Fiddlesticks, at the Heinz Hall. A number of Broadway Tours are also staged at the Heinz Hall every year.

Upcoming events at the Heinz Hall for this year include, 7 performances of Tony Award winning Broadway musical "Sleep Awakening", from May 27, till May 31. Following Sleep Awakening would be a series of concerts by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra starting from June 04 and lasting up till June 27. Heinz Hall would also be hosting concerts by Diana Krall and The Machine on July 08 and July 10, respectively followed by Video Games Live on July 11 and many others.