Next we saw the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. It cost $63 million and the opening concert in 1992 featured the Florida Philharmonic, Burt Reynolds (as MC), Roberta Peters, Isaac Stern, Leontyne Price, and Ella Fitzgerald (and that was just the first act!) Built by Blount, Inc. (of New Orleans Superdome fame), it has the 2193 seat Dreyfoos Hall, the 300-seat "black box" Rinker Playhouse, the 1600-seat Gosman Amphitheatre, and sits on a 5.4 acre parcel of prime downtown real estate.
Not to forget the $8 million Coral Springs City Center in 1990 and the new facility in Miami set to open in 2002 (more on that next time)...