Belmont University To Add 1,700-Seat Performing Arts Center

Nashville’s Belmont University is adding a world-class performing arts center to its ever-growing campus. The new project was announced Wednesday (Aug. 22) and will house a 1,700-seat multi-purpose theatre, a grand lobby and two contiguous event spaces that can hold more than 900 guests when combined with the lobby. The venue, which will be located between Bernard and Compton Avenue on Belmont Boulevard, is slated to open Fall 2021.

Classical concerts, operas, musical theatre performances, dance recitals, commercial showcases and more will be held in the Center’s Performance Hall to accommodate the diverse musical interests and talents of Belmont students. The facility will include a full fly space, wing space, orchestra pit, two forestage lifts, a trap room under the stage, and TV broadcast capabilities. 

In addition to its on-stage features, the facility will have a warm-up room for dance or choral use, various sized dressing rooms, a green room, a scene dock, a loading dock and a green roof to assist with water quality filtration, among other sustainable components, as the project will pursue LEED certification.

“Our goal is to build the finest music performance hall on any college campus in the world, and I couldn’t be more pleased,” said Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher. “I have dreamed of the creation of this facility since I first came to Belmont in 2000. Along with the Massey Performing Arts Center, Troutt Theater & McAfee Concert Hall, the addition of this venue completes our campus’s performance facilities, creating the most extensive suite of venues of any other institution of higher education.”