Star Plaza Theatre

{{Short description|Former music venue in Indiana, United States}}

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{{Infobox Venue

| name = Star Plaza Theatre

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| former names = Holiday Star Theatre {{small|(1979-90)}}

| address = 8001 Delaware Pl
Merrillville, IN 46410-5641

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| location = Chicago metropolitan area

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| opened = {{Start date|1979|12|19}}

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| closed = {{End date|2017|12|17}}

| demolished = Summer 2018

| owner = Whiteco Industries

| operator = Star Productions

| cost = $12 million
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| seating_capacity = 3,400

| website = {{URL|http://www.starplazatheatre.com|Official Website}}

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The Star Plaza Theatre (formerly known as the Holiday Star Theatre) was a live music venue located in Merrillville, Indiana. The theatre was a 3,400-seat intimate venue with two seating levels in a semicircle around the stage. The Main Floor Level sat 2,000 people, and the Mezzanine Level, which overhangs the main level about midway, sat 1,400. The furthest seat in the auditorium was 120 feet from the stage.

The Star Plaza Theatre closed on December 17, 2017 after its final show with the only group to perform every year that the theater was open, The Oak Ridge Boys. The final song sung on the stage was "Amazing Grace". Demolition lasted throughout summer 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-star-plaza-razed-plan-st-0617-20170616-story.html|title=After temporary reprieve, Star Plaza Theatre, Twin Towers to be razed|last=Caffarini|first=Karen|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/star-plaza-theatre-merrillville-to-be-demolished-430565473.html|title=Northwest Indiana's Longtime Star Plaza Theatre to Be Demolished|work=WMAQ-TV|date=June 24, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/vociferous-envoy/2017/07/the-curtain-will-fall-on-the-star-plaza-theater/|title=The Curtain Will Fall On The Star Plaza Theater|last=Johnson|first=Charles|work=ChicagoNow.com|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2017}}