Gallo Center for the Arts

{{Short description|Performing arts center in Modesto, California}}

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| name = Gallo Center for the Arts

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| image = Gallo Center for the Arts Modesto.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Exterior of the arts center (c.2012)

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| former_names = Central Valley Center for the Arts {{small|(planning)}}
Gallo Performing Arts Center {{small|(planning)}}

| location = 1000 I St
Modesto, CA 95354-2381

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| broke_ground = April 27, 2004

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| opened = September 27, 2007

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| owner = Stanislaus County{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Gallo Center for the Arts|accessdate=2022-08-15|url=https://www.galloarts.org/AboutUs/History.aspx}}

| operator = Gallo Center for the Arts, Inc.

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| construction_cost = $47 million

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| architect = {{hlist|Carrier Johnson|John Sergio Fisher & Associates|Nestor & Gaffney Architecture}}

| project_manager = {{hlist|Knudson-Benson Associate|Mitze Productions}}

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| services engineer = 3QC

| general_contractor = Clark & Sullivan

| main_contractors = RDC Project Development

| capacity = 1,248 {{small|(Mary Stuart Rogers Theater)}}
440 {{small|(Foster Family Theater)}}

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| website = {{URL|https://www.galloarts.org/|Venue Website}}

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The Gallo Center for the Arts is a performing arts center in Modesto, California.{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Pat |url= https://www.modbee.com/living/article175092131.html |title=Gallo Center, proving skeptics wrong for 10 years, invites you to its birthday party |work=The Modesto Bee |date=September 23, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2020}}

The building was formally opened on September 27, 2007 (the project cost was $47,000,000){{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.galloarts.org/aboutus/history.aspx |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=www.galloarts.org |language=en}} and features two theaters:{{cite news |url= https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/article174913781.html |title=A Decade Ago: After-party on opening night at Gallo Center for the Arts |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2020}} the Mary Stuart Rogers Theater and the Foster Family Theater.{{cite news |url= https://www.escalontimes.com/209-living/modesto-stockton-merced-symphonies-deliver-enthralling-classical-music/ |title=Modesto, Stockton, Merced Symphonies Deliver Enthralling Classical Music |work=The Escalon Times |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Stapley |first=Garth |url= https://www.modbee.com/news/politics-government/election/article192834699.html |title=Coming Friday to a theater near you: congressional debate |work=The Modesto Bee |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2020}} The Gallo Center hosts six resident companies: Central West Ballet, the Modesto Community Concerts Association, the Modesto Symphony Orchestra, Modesto Performing Arts, Opera Modesto, and YES (Youth Entertainment Stage) Company. The Center has been toured and visited by many stars and notable figures since its opening day, with Patti LuPone becoming the first star to perform in the Mary Stuart Rogers Theater. Touring Broadway shows have also performed at the Center, from Evita and Cats to newer shows such as Shrek: The Musical.

When it was created, a permanent endowment fund was established ( in the amount of $15,000,000) to ensure that the events and educational programs provided could be affordable to the residents of Stanislaus and allow for the improvement of the facility as needed.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.galloarts.org/aboutus/history.aspx |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=www.galloarts.org |language=en}}