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| Address | 1418 Fourth Street |
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| Location | Santa Monica, California |
| Coordinates | 34°00′57″N118°29′41″W / 34.0159°N 118.4948°W |
| Public transit | Downtown Santa Monica station |
| Operator | Randy Sinnott |
| Type | Theatre |
| Genre(s) | Magic |
| Capacity | 150 |
| Opened | September 18, 1998 |
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Illusion Magic Lounge is a 150-seat theater in Santa Monica, California, [1] founded in 1998 [2] founded by magician Steve Spill. The venue was known as Magicopolis from 1998 until 2022. Magicopolis was the permanent home of Steve Spill's magic production, "Escape Reality", [3] until 2019 when he sold the venue. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Magicians Penn & Teller cast their hands and feet in cement for the Magicopolis groundbreaking ceremony on March 25, 1998. [9] Robert Holbrook, Mayor of the City of Santa Monica, on behalf of the City Council proclaimed March 25 to be "Magicopolis Day" in Santa Monica. [10] Friday, September 18, 1998, marked the grand opening, and official ribbon cutters and special guest performers Penn & Teller [11] took the stage and over the course of the evening performed some of their classic routines. To finish, Penn delivered a "heartfelt discourse on the value of seeing magic performed live and the importance of Magicopolis". [12]
In 2019, Randy Sinnott, Sr and Randy Sinnott, Jr purchased the theater from Steve Spill. The theater and lobby were renovated during the COVID-19 pandemic and the theater reopened as Illusion Magic Lounge in December 2022. [13]
