Theater Stats

• Built in 1915 by August Paulsen, originally used as a silent film movie house

• In 1988 Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities, owner of The Met has restored this elegantly defined neo-classical theater

• Dazzling restoration is meticulous in every detail and incorporates today's highest technical standards without compromising historic integrity

• The Bing Crosby Theater seats 744 people with an additional 12 seats that are wheelchair accessible

• Completely equipped for all types of performing arts events

• Stage, custom stage floor and dressing rooms are available

• Extraordinary acoustics

• The Metropolitan Performing Arts Center received the Spokane Arts Commission Annual Arts Award - Business Benefactor Award - 1996

• Voted the "Best Live Music Venue" in the Inland Northwest (1998 - 2000) according to polled readers of The Inlander

• Theater manager, Michael Smith, received the Spokane Arts Commission Annual Arts Award - Arts Community Leadership Award - 2000

• Mitch and Cindy Silver, owners of Silver Collector Car Auctions purchase the Met Theater in the Fall of 2004.

• In 2006 a citizens group received Silvers permission to rename the theater to The Bing Crosby Theater.