Wortham Theater Center
In 1987, HGO officially moved into its home at the Wortham Theater Center, a 437,500-square-foot (40,650 m2) facility featuring two theaters—the Alice and George Brown Theater and the Roy and Lillie Cullen Theater—which together comprise over 3,300 seats. The $72million state-of-the-art-facility was built entirely with private funds during a major downturn in Houston's economy and was given to the City of Houston which owns and operates the facility. In 1997, improvements were made to the Wortham Center that included the addition of 180 seats in the main orchestra section and the expansion and reconfiguration of the orchestra pit. Further renovations resulting in a major expansion of the orchestra pit were completed in 2005.
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