For the first time in 20 years, the Oakland community got to step inside a historic ballroom Sunday for a ticketed event.

And whereas nonprofits before seemed like an afterthought, now they’re centered in a vision stressing public access to the rechristened Oakland Civic Auditorium’s rehearsal and event-friendly ...

In its heyday, the 215,000-square-foot arena — originally known as the Oakland Civic Auditorium — hosted Martin Luther King Jr., as well as performances by Elvis Presley, James Brown ...

Kaiser Convention Center as a vast complex of office and performance space ... Sponsored The 215,000-square-foot building, which Orton intends to rechristen the “Oakland Civic,” was completed in 1914 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Oakland City Council will soon decide the fate of an East Bay landmark. The Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center and civic auditorium has been sitting empty for a decade.

The 91-year-old Kaiser convention center, formerly known as Oakland Civic Auditorium, includes an arena, the Calvin Simmons Theatre and two ballrooms often rented out for parties and meetings.

The Kaiser Convention Center was built in 1914 as the Oakland Civic Auditorium and shut down in 2006. In 2015, it was approved for a renovation project as a mixed-use facility as a performing arts ...

The 215,000-square-foot hall, which opened near the southern shore of Lake Merritt in 1914 as the Oakland Civic Auditorium, hosted the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and concerts by Elvis Presley ...

Soon, renovation of the Kaiser Convention Center, now to be known as Oakland Civic, will improve another cultural amenity on the lake’s southern shore. This project complements the adjacent ...