In the center of the burgeoning South Florida cultural community lies the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, offering a variety of entertainment and artistic events for all ages and interests. From the best of Broadway, to top comedians, jazz and pop concerts, the Gold Coast Opera, the Sy Sugar Pops Symphony Orchestra, and a diverse selection of family productions. The Center is the cultural lifeblood of the community, with approximately 200,000 people visiting the facility yearly. In addition to the theatre, the Center houses a dramatic dance studio, a variety of meeting rooms for corporate and private events, and the elegant Coral Springs Museum of Art. Originally designed to serve the local community as both a municipal auditorium and a gymnasium, the Coral Springs Center for the Arts opened in 1990. In January of 1996, construction began on a four million dollar renovation, transforming it into a first class performing and visual arts venue by the architectural firm, Zeidler Roberts Partnership. Known for their design of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, they created an intimate 1471 seat theatre with a fully enclosed balcony to envelope the audience chamber producing a kinship between the stage and seating areas. The Coral Springs Center for the Arts is truly unique in all that it offers as a cultural Mecca for North Broward and South Palm Beach Counties. Easily accessible from the Sample Road exits off I-95, the Florida Turnpike and the Sawgrass Expressway, the Center draws audiences preferring an intimate theatre experience and museum visit closer to home.