Palladium Riga
Former names | Cinema "Palladium" |
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Location | 21 Marijas Street, Riga LV1011, Latvia. |
Owner | Positivus Music |
Type | Music venue |
Capacity | 1600-2000 |
Construction | |
Built | 1913 (as cinema) |
Opened | 2011 |
Website | |
http://www.palladium.lv/ |
Palladium Riga is a concert venue and former cinema in Riga, Latvia. It is located on 21 Marijas Street, Riga, and was opened as a music venue on September 28, 2011. It's capacity is 1600 to 2000. Venue was opened in the place of former cinema "Palladium", which was opened back in 1913, and was open until 2002.
History
Cinema "Palladium" was established in 1913, in a former dwelling house. It was one of the most popular cinemas in the city. Around 2006, construction of an ambitious nightclub had began, but it did not experience it's opening.
The new concert venue retains the name of the former cinema "Palladium", as well as the former theater round shape, and two levels of spectator balconies have been renovated as well. "Palladium" opened its doors September 28, 2011 and the first artists who performed were James Blunt, Icelandic group FM Belfast, the English rock band Kaiser Chiefs and the British musician Anna Calvi.