The El Rey was originally built in 1936 as a single-screen movie theater and functioned as a movie theater for nearly 50 years.
From the 1980s to the early 1990s the El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theater has been a live music venue which is now exclusively booked through Goldenvoice. The capacity is approximately 700 and it also has a VIP balcony in the back.
The theater was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 520 on February 26, 1991.
The El Rey also plays host to Sigma Alpha Epsilon's (Cal Delta, UCLA) annual Elimidance philanthropy. Last year Cal Delta SAE's generated over $3,000 in charitable donations to Students for International Change, a group dedicated to AIDS prevention and education in Africa.
References
- El Rey Theatre Official Web Site
- Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report
- Theatres designed by Clifford A. Balch
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