Palladium Times Square
Palladium Times Square (formerly PlayStation Theater, Best Buy Theater and Nokia Theatre Times Square) is an indoor live events venue in New York City, located in One Astor Plaza, at the corner of Broadway and 44th Street. It was designed by architect David Rockwell and opened in September 2005. The venue has a large standing room orchestra section, combined with a large area of seating towards the rear of the auditorium.
Exterior of the venue when it was PlayStation Theater | |
| Former names | Nokia Theatre Times Square (2005–10) Best Buy Theater (2010–15) PlayStation Theater (2015–19) |
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| Address | 1515 Broadway New York City, NY United States |
| Location | Times Square, Manhattan |
| Public transit | New York City Subway: at Times Square–42nd Street NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M34A SBS, M42, M104 Port Authority Bus Terminal |
| Type | Concert theater |
| Capacity | 1,800 (2005–2020) 2,150 (2020–present) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 2004 |
| Built | 2004–05 |
| Opened | September 19, 2005 |
| Construction cost | $21 million |
| Website | |
| palladiumtimessquare | |
The venue was originally built as the Loews Astor Plaza Theatre, a movie theater operated by Loews Theatres, which opened in 1974 and closed in August 2004. The space was leased by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), who converted it to a live-event venue at an estimated total cost of $21 million.
Due to the expiration of its lease, the PlayStation Theater closed on December 31, 2019, after a set of shows by Philadelphia trance fusion band Disco Biscuits. The venue reopened in 2020 as Palladium Times Square.