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2700 N Vermont Ave
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The Greek Theatre is a 5,900-capacity outdoor amphitheatre in Griffith Park, at 2700 N Vermont Ave, owned by the City of Los Angeles. Colonel Griffith J. Griffith, who gave the parkland to the city in 1896, left a $1,000,000 trust in his 1919 will for an observatory and a Greek theatre; the cornerstone was laid in 1928 and the building was dedicated on 25 September 1930. Its first seasons were operatic music, and for most of the 1940s it was used as barracks during World War II. The seating was expanded from the 1980s through the 1995 earthquake retrofit, and a 2006 renovation for the venue's 75th anniversary restored its original façade and brought capacity to today's 5,900. Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen have played it, and it also hosts high school graduations and community events.
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