Zorah Shrine Auditorium Schedule

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The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Primetime Emmy Awards were also held at the venue for a decade beginning in 1998.

The new auditorium was designed by San Francisco-based theater architect G.Albert Lansburgh, with local architects John C.Austin and A.M.Edelman associated.In 2002, the Auditorium underwent a $15 million renovation that upgraded the auditorium's stage with state-of-the-art lighting and rigging systems, and included new roofing and air conditioning for both the Auditorium and Expo Center, modernized concession stands, additional restrooms, repainting of the Expo Center, and a new performance plaza and parking garage.

The Shrine Auditorium was also the venue for the 55th Miss Universe beauty pageant.On January 27, 1984, Michael Jackson was filming a Pepsi commercial in the auditorium when pyrotechnics accidentally set his hair on fire.

The Academy Awards were held at the Shrine from 1947–1948 and for eight times between 1988 and 2001 until it moved to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Trade shows, banquets, conventions and rave parties, among other events, have been held there.List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los AngelesList of Registered Historic Places in Los AngelesIn addition to the previously listed attributes, the Shrine Exposition Hall was the scene of ground-breaking rock concerts in the late 1960's.Among those who appeared were The Who - while they were working on their rock opera "Tommy." Sly and the Family Stone, Pacific Gas & Electric and other bands from the rock and blues scene in Northern California also appeared.