CSUN University News Clippings

CSUN Performing Arts Center Awarded Federal Grant

(November 4, 2009)

By  - 11/3/2009
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Staff

Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) announced that California State University, Northridge has been awarded $165,000 in federal funding for construction of the Valley Performing Arts Center.

Once completed, the Valley Performing Arts Center at CSUN will serve as a major cultural destination for residents throughout the San Fernando Valley, as well as Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.

The university is currently building the 160,000 square foot state-of-the-arts center, which includes a 1,700-seat main performance hall. Other features include a 178-seat black box theater for experimental and smaller-scale student productions, two full-size rehearsal spaces, indoor and outdoor entertainment areas, lecture halls, and a full studio for the campus radio station, KCSN-FM.

The $125 million Valley Performing Arts Center will be completed by August 2010. The opening gala is scheduled for January 2011.

Thom Senzee

Publication: San Fernando Valley Business Journal