“Much of the built environment in Las Vegas has only a twenty-to-forty year life expectancy; the Smith Center will still be enjoyed a hundred-plus years from now. The city of Las Vegas can take great pride in building an enduring—and sustainable—public structure.”
—Will Bybee
President, Bybee Stone Co.
Location: Las Vegas, NV
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Symphony Park, in downtown Las Vegas, is home to the Smith Center, providing the city with performance spaces and an outdoor concert arena, plus ballet and philharmonic educational opportunities. Reynolds Hall serves as the Center’s main venue with 2050 seats, and two smaller theaters offer more intimate performance spaces: the Boman Pavilion, providing cabaret space, and a studio theater for rehearsals and community events.
In 2010, the Smith Center partnered with the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum, which originally opened in Las Vegas in 1990, resulting in the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center, the museum’s new 58,000 sq. ft. home on the Smith Center grounds, in Symphony Park.
Designed to be a cultural complex, the Smith Center’s mission is focused on artistic excellence and inspiration. It is the first major performance hall in the United States to achieve LEED certification.
