Facilities >> Theater Features

• Built in 1915 by August Paulsen, originally used as a silent film movie house
• In 1988 Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities, owner of The Met has restored this elegantly defined neo-classical theater
• Dazzling restoration is meticulous in every detail and incorporates today's highest technical standards without compromising historic integrity
• The Met seats approximately 750 people and is wheelchair accessible
• Orchestra - 304; Balcony - 454
• Completely equipped for all types of performing arts events
• Stage, custom stage floor and dressing rooms are available
• Extraordinary acoustics
• The Metropolitan Performing Arts Center received the Spokane Arts Commission Annual Arts Award - Business Benefactor Award - 1996
• Voted the "Best Live Music Venue" in the Inland Northwest (1998 - 2000) according to polled readers of The Inlander
• The Met's manager, Michael Smith, received the Spokane Arts Commission
• Annual Arts Award - Arts Community Leadership Award - 2000
• Mitch and Cindy Silver, owners of Silver Collector Car Auctions purchase the Met Theater in the Fall of 2004.