Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts is a 2,051-seat multi-purpose venue in Memphis, Tennessee.^[1] Home to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, it opened in 2003.^[2][3] It also hosts comedians,^[4] stage plays and children's theater,^[5] ballet,^[6] beauty pageants,^[7] concerts,^[8] and more.^[1] It has previously hosted the Memphis mayor's swearing in ceremony,^[9] the Memphis Music Hall of Fame ceremony,^[10] and the Miss United States pageant.^[11] The center had a complete cosmetic update, along with the associated Cook Convention Center, in 2018.^[12]