It's your guide to L A the unscripted way . And tonight we're revealing one of las coolest venues , the Ford Theater . Hello , everyone and welcome to L A unscripted .
Hello , everyone and welcome to L A unscripted . I'm David Devins and I'm Doug KK and this is the $80 million new and improved Ford Theater . One of the best places to see an open air concert established in 1920 surrounded by nature and a sound system that performers love .
The Ford is a county facility and as part of that , the county actually invested about $80 million in the renovation of the theater and it's absolutely gorgeous . The Ford is super unique in that unlike any other amphitheater in Los Angeles , so the backdrop for every single performance is the hillside , unlike some other venues that actually uses the hillside to put the seats kind of against it but it is absolutely an amazing space . So if you actually look at the size of the stage itself versus the audience , it actually is about half the size and it's this epic wood that is an actual masterpiece itself .
We're one of the oldest performing arts venues in the city of Los Angeles . The Ford is a county facility and as part of that , the county actually invested about $80 million in the renovation of the theater and it's absolutely gorgeous . The Ford is super unique in that unlike any other amphitheater in Los Angeles , so the backdrop for every single performance is the hillside , unlike some other venues that actually uses the hillside to put the seats kind of against it but it is absolutely an amazing space .
And um it switched in the 19 thirties into becoming a county facility where because of the separation of church and state , you couldn't necessarily perform religious plays in a county facility . The towers that are the iconic part of the Ford stage are actually a nod to the Gates of Jerusalem . So it tells you a little bit of the history of how it was conceived and what was intended to perform here .
