The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center opened its doors to the public on November 25, 2002 in Appleton, Wisconsin to rave reviews.

The new $45 million facility opened its doors only 31 months after breaking ground. Not only was the facility built in a record amount of time, but it also was able to accomplish its goal of raising the $45 million through the private contributions of over 2,700 local residents and businesses. Boldt Construction Company worked closely with Zeidler Grinnell Partnership Architects and Artec Consultants to assure that this facility was world-class in both the amenities and the acoustics it has to offer its audiences.

The vision that became the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has its beginning as long ago as the 1970’s. It was then that local arts groups and civic leaders imagined a community gathering place in which to house the region’s wealth of performing artists — a place to educate and enlighten the community and our children — a stage from which to present some of the most spectacular and moving performing arts from around the world.

These visionaries understood the ongoing support of performing arts is crucial to the entire region’s quality of life. What the project needed at this point was a catalyst — an individual or corporation to take the lead and provide the initial momentum necessary to move this long-held dream successfully toward reality.