Bayou Place is an 130,000 square foot entertainment complex that houses multiple theaters, bars and restaurants located in Downtown

Downtown Houston

Downtown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States. Downtown Houston, the city's central business district, contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...

 Houston

Houston, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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, United States

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. The complex was the former Albert Thomas convention center

Convention center

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 located in the Houston Theater District

Houston Theater District

The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, is home to Houston's nine performing arts organizations, the Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks...

 at 500 Texas Street (originally built in the late 1960s). It was reopened to the public as an entertainment complex December 31 (New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

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), 1997.

Cordish Company

Cordish Company

The Cordish Company is a real estate development and entertainment operating company with its headquarters on the 6th floor of the Pratt Street Power Plant in Baltimore, Maryland...

 has had a 50 year lease to manage Bayou Place since 1997.

Dining and Entertainment

The Following are located within the complex:

• The Hard Rock Cafe is a popular global chain that offers meals with an atmosphere surrounded by plenty of Rock and Roll memorabilia.
• The Blue Fish seafood restaurant
• Verizon Wireless Theater
  Verizon Wireless Theater
  The Verizon Wireless Theater is an indoor theater owned by Live Nation and located in Houston, Texas, United States...
  
   The theater is very versatile and can be arranged in a variety of seating configurations: Theater style with rows of chairs (capacity 2400); cabaret style with cocktail tables for four (capacity 1930); general admission - standing (capacity 2,815); banquet style with 72' round tables of 10 (capacity 750). A four-tiered riser system on the main floor creates an intimate cabaret/dinner theater feel. The permanent 56' x 40' stage is equipped with ample sound and light. Two 8' x 10' video screens are suspended above the stage. Check the Website for upcoming concert schedules.
• Samba Grille is an upscale Brazilan Steakhouse with a full lounge area for drinks.
• Sundance Cinemas
  Sundance Cinemas
  Sundance Cinemas is a movie theatre owned by Robert Redford's Sundance Group that aims to showcase independent, documentary and foreign-language films as well as some studio projects....
  
  , the exhibition arm of Robert Redford
  Robert Redford
  Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...
  
  's Sundance Institute
  Sundance Institute
  Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...
  
  , will open in Bayou Place in early November 2011. The theater will feature specialized film programming and will also present features from film festivals and from general release. In March 2011 Cordish signed a 10 year lease with Sundance. The 36000 square foot space will receive a $2.25 million remodeling. It will open to the public on November 23, 2011. On November 21 and 22, four pre-opening benefit events will be held by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Houston Cinema Society, the Montrose Counseling Center, and the Galveston Bay Foundation.
  • The space was originally held by Angelika Film Center
    Angelika Film Center
    Angelika Film Center is a movie theater chain in the United States that features independent and foreign films. It operates theaters in New York City and Texas. Its headquarters are in New York City.-History:...
    
    . The theater closed after being open for 13 years. Angelika left the space and closed on Sunday August 29, 2010 due to a dispute with the landlord.
• Live! at Bayou Place - club venues on the second level that include PBR Houston, Lucie's Liquors, Shark Bar and Chapel Spirits.
• In 2011 18000 square foot of space was being refurbished to house four new nightclubs.

External links

• Bayou Place official site

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