<Tr> <Th> Designated </Th> <Td> 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reference no . </Th> <Td> 94 </Td> </Tr> <P> The SHN Orpheum Theatre, originally the Pantages Theatre, is located at 1192 Market at Hyde, Grove and 8th Streets in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, California . The theatre first opened in 1926 as one of the many designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca for theater - circuit owner Alexander Pantages . The interior features a vaulted ceiling, while the facade was patterned after a 12th - century French cathedral . The Orpheum seats 2,203 patrons . In 1998, after a previous renovation in the 1970s, a $20 million renovation was completed to make the Orpheum more suitable for Broadway shows . The theatre is a locally designated San Francisco landmark as determined by the San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board . </P> <P> The Orpheum, as well as the Golden Gate Theatre and Curran Theatre in San Francisco, are owned by SHN, a theatrical producing company owned by Carole Shorenstein Hays and partner Robert Nederlander . </P>

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