Auditorium Theatre

The Auditorium Theatre has a past that follows the path of Chicago’s history, from the Great Chicago Fire and World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 to the great rock and roll era of the 1960s and 1970s to the present. From opera to hip-hop, from political conventions to sporting events, the Auditorium Theatre has played a role in the lives of Chicago citizens for 130 years. The architecture of the Auditorium Building is widely considered one of the most influential feats of Chicago design and engineering. Auditorium architects Adler and Sullivan redesigned the exterior of the building several times, making significant changes even after the carefully-calculated foundations of the massive building had been laid. The Auditorium Building is an immense structure with a Romanesque facade and organic ornamental design throughout the interior of the building