The show featured personalities such as Jay Leno, Aretha Franklin, and Chuck Berry and was attended by a full house of 3,100. On October 1, 2011, the Peabody Opera House opened for the first time since the $79 million renovation. The renovation lasted for fourteen months and included the construction of a new entrance for the building. On July 12, 2010, it was announced that the name was changing to the "Peabody Opera House", named after the company Peabody Energy. The subsidies were funded by municipal bonds and state/federal historic tax credits. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 25–1 to subsidize the renovation and reopening of the theatre under the direction of the Blues' new owners, Sports Capital Partners. Neither that group nor the Bill Laurie family who bought the Blues in 1998, however, renovated the building, instead claiming that they had fulfilled their financial obligations. Louis Blues, Kiel Center's main tenant, promised to rehabilitate the opera house as well. When the auditorium was slated for demolition, the local consortium who owned the St. The theatre operated until 1991, when it and the adjacent Kiel Auditorium were closed so the auditorium could be demolished and replaced by the Kiel Center, now known as Enterprise Center. Louis Mayor Henry Kiel), opened in 1934 as a part of the "Municipal Auditorium and Opera House".
Louis, Missouri.įounded as the "Kiel Opera House" (in honor of former St. The Stifel Theatre (originally known as the Municipal Opera House and formerly the Kiel Opera House and Peabody Opera House) is a civic performing arts building located in St.
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