Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ellie Caulkins

Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ellie Caulkins yana cikin Denver, Colorado a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Denver Performing Arts Complex . Yana ɗaukar mutane 2,225. Iyalan Caulkins sun yi alkawarin dala miliyan 7 don haɓaka gidan wasan opera na waƙoƙi da wuraren jama'a da ke kusa da su waɗanda aka gina a cikin ɗakin taro na Newton.

 Tarihin gidan wasan kwaikwayo 
An kammala Babban Dakin Taro na Municipal, wanda shine mafi girma a Amurka banda Madison Square Garden da ke New York, a kan lokaci don karbar bakuncin Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat a shekarar 1908.  Magajin Gari Robert W. Speer da Ɗakin Kasuwanci sun tara dala 100,000 don bikin bude Babban Dakin Taro na ranar 7 ga Yuli tare da babban taron siyasa na farko na Denver, lokacin da aka zabi William Jennings Bryan don tsayawa takarar Shugaban Kasa a karo na uku.

Da farko, ginin yana da tsari mai amfani da yawa: yana ɗauke da kade-kade, wasan opera, wasannin kwaikwayo, tarurruka, ƙwallon kwando, wasan kwaikwayo na motoci har ma da circus, tare da tutoci suna tashi daga cikin domes ɗinsa da kwararan fitila waɗanda ke nuna gediments ɗinsa, cornice, da kusurwoyinsa. An ƙera proscenium na ginin na asali don ya zama mai ɗaukuwa don ƙirƙirar wurare daban-daban don tarurruka daban-daban.  Lokacin da proscenium ɗin ya kasance, ginin gidan wasan kwaikwayo ne mai kujeru 3,326 tare da babban yanki na bayan fage. Lokacin da aka ɗaga proscenium, wanda ya ƙara yawan kujeru zuwa 12,000, wurin dandali da bayan fage sun zama babba don ɗaukar circus da rodeos.

A shekarar 1992, bayan gina gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Buell, an gyara fuskar babban ɗakin taro na Municipal kuma wurin zama ya zama 2,065. An sake wa ɗakin taro suna Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium a shekarar 2002. 

 Gyaran Gidaje 
Saboda buƙatar babban aiki, Newton Auditorium ta yi gyare-gyare wanda aka samar da kuɗaɗen shiga ta hanyar harajin kujeru da aka tattara a wuraren da birnin ya mallaka da kuma kuɗin da aka samu daga takardar jinginar gida da masu zaɓe a Denver suka amince da ita a shekarar 2002. 

Gabaɗaya, birnin ya kashe dala miliyan 75, yayin da masu ba da gudummawa masu zaman kansu suka samar da ƙarin dala miliyan 17. An yi amfani da kyautar da iyalan Caulkins suka bayar don tallafawa ƙarin haɓakawa ga gidan wasan opera da wuraren jama'a da ke kusa da su a cikin Babban Dakin Taro na Newton.

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