Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium

Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
	Image taken in 2020
Location	Stockton, California
Coordinates	37°57′28″N121°17′36″W / 37.95778°N 121.29333°W
Capacity	200 - 2,800
Construction
Built	1924 - 1925
Opened	November 4, 1925
Construction cost	$482,338

Last updated September 27, 2023

The Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium is a performance venue in Stockton, California. Construction began in 1924 and the auditorium opened in November 1925, it seats about 5,000 people. Local architects Glenn Allen and Wright & Satterlee were awarded construction, while Stocktonians conducted bond drives to fund construction of the Memorial Auditorium to honor those who gave their lives while serving in the Armed Forces in World War I.

History

In October 1920, a bond election was held in order to obtain funds to invest in a site and construct of the Memorial Civic Auditorium. People had asked for the Auditorium to be built in order to honor of the Americans who served in World War I. Other reasons for the Auditorium included the necessity for a facility to provide community events.^[1]

On July 23, 1924, a contract was accepted by the city of Stockton to build a Memorial Civic Auditorium. A total of $482,338 was used to fund the development of the building.^[2] Construction of the foundation and first floor began in either late 1924 or early 1925.^[3] The building was completed on November 4, 1925, and dedicated on Veterans Day later that year.

Architecture

The stage is underneath a proscenium style arch. The outside walls of the building are brick with cement plaster finish in imitation of Indiana limestone. The interior walls are brick, reinforced concrete or metal lath and plaster. The structural parts of the roof and balcony are reinforced concrete. The arena's hardwood floors are white maple over concrete sub-floor, and the roof is of "Armso" iron over felt.^{[ citation needed ]}

Inscriptions

There is a phrase carved atop of the building which reads "Tomorrow and Forever the People of Stockton Will Hold in Memory the Valor of Their Sons Who On Land and Sea, at Home and Abroad, Served Their Country in Defense of Liberty" as a reference to the World War I veterans, along with those killed in action. Other inscriptions at the top of the exterior walls contain "To the men of Stockton, California who gave their lives in World War I."^[4]

Events

The Auditorium hosted the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament in 1976 and was home of the University Pacific Tigers men's basketball until 1982, the year the Alex G. Spanos Center opened. (The Spanos Center has since been succeeded by Stockton Arena as Stockton's premiere indoor venue) The facility has hosted numerous concerts over the years including Carlos Santana, Rush, and Blue Oyster Cult. The Golliwogs played at the auditorium in 1966 and The Grateful Dead played 1/18/78 at the auditorium on their well-regarded west coast winter tour.^[5]

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References

↑ https://stockton.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=48&clip_id=3547&meta_id=306802 ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ Grant, Arthur Hastings; Buttenheim, Harold Sinley (1924). The American City. Buttenheim Publishing Corporation. p. 212. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
↑ Martin, Van (27 February 1925). "Auditoriums - Stockton: Civic Memorial Auditorium, foundation and first floor in process of construction, February 27, 1925". University of the Pacific . Retrieved 27 October 2021.
↑ Gilbert, Lori (12 November 2011). "American Heroes". The Record .
↑ "Grateful Dead Live at Stockton Civic Auditorium on 1978-01-18". 18 January 1978.

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[2] Grant, Arthur Hastings; Buttenheim, Harold Sinley (1924). The American City. Buttenheim Publishing Corporation. p. 212. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

[3] Martin, Van (27 February 1925). "Auditoriums - Stockton: Civic Memorial Auditorium, foundation and first floor in process of construction, February 27, 1925". University of the Pacific . Retrieved 27 October 2021.

[4] Gilbert, Lori (12 November 2011). "American Heroes". The Record .

[5] "Grateful Dead Live at Stockton Civic Auditorium on 1978-01-18". 18 January 1978.

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