Editing Evansville, Indiana (section)

===Entertainment venues===
[[File:Bosse Field Lights.jpg|thumb|right|Bosse Field]]
[[Bosse Field|Historic Bosse Field]], a 7,180-seat baseball stadium in Garvin Park, was built in 1915 and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use in the United States. It is surpassed only by [[Fenway Park]] (1912) in Boston and [[Wrigley Field]] (1914) in Chicago.

The [[Ford Center (Evansville)|Ford Center]] is a multi-use [[indoor arena]] downtown with a maximum seating capacity of 11,000 connected via Sky Bridge to the [[Evansville DoubleTree Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Evansville Arena Facts|publisher=Populous|url=http://www.evansvillegov.org/download/mayors/Evansville%20Arena%20design%20unveil%20press%20kit.pdf|access-date=September 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723001521/http://www.evansvillegov.org/download/mayors/Evansville%20Arena%20design%20unveil%20press%20kit.pdf|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref> It officially opened in 2011 and is used mainly for [[basketball]], [[ice hockey]], and [[music]] [[concerts]].

A wide variety of concerts, plays, conventions, expositions and other special events are held at the 2,500-seat auditorium and convention center at the [[Old National Events Plaza]] downtown.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Centre | publisher=SMG Evansville | url=http://www.smgevansville.com/centre/centre.html | access-date=2006-11-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028182414/http://www.smgevansville.com/centre/centre.html | archive-date=2006-10-28 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Victory Theater and Hotel Sonntag.jpg|thumb|right|Victory Theatre]]

[[Victory Theatre]] is a vintage 1,950-seat venue that is home to the [[Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Victory Theatre | publisher=SMG Evansville | url=http://www.smgevansville.com/victory/victory.html | access-date=2006-11-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028053549/http://www.smgevansville.com/victory/victory.html | archive-date=2006-10-28 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Each year, the orchestra presents a seven-concert classics series, four double pops performances, and special event concerts, as well as numerous educational and outreach performances.<ref>{{cite web | title=Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra Website | url=http://www.evansvillephilharmonic.org | access-date=2006-11-02}}</ref> The theater also hosts local ballet and modern dance companies, theater companies, and touring productions.

The [[University of Evansville]] maintains a theater program, which features four mainstage and two studio productions a year. UE has been honored more times at the [[Kennedy Center]] than any other theatre institution. The university is the only institution, along with [[Yale]], which has been asked to perform at the Kennedy Center without first going through competition. It leads the nation in the top awards for its students as awarded by the Broadway Theatre Wing and other governing bodies of serious theatre.<ref>{{cite web | title=University of Evansville Department of Theatre Website | url=http://theatre.evansville.edu | access-date=2009-11-22}}</ref>

The Evansville Civic Theatre is southern Indiana's longest-running community theater, dating from the 1920s when the community theater movement swept across the country. From its humble beginnings at the old Central High School auditorium, the theatre has had many homes – [[Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum]], Bosse High School, the Rose Room of the McCurdy Hotel, the Elks Ballroom, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences. In 1974, Evansville Civic Theatre acquired the historic Columbia Movie Theater as its permanent home.<ref>{{cite web | title=Evansville Civic Theatre Website | url=http://www.civic.evansville.net/welcome.html | access-date=2006-12-09 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203033341/http://civic.evansville.net/welcome.html | archive-date=2007-02-03 }}</ref>