OSCAR NIGHT VENUES

1. ROOSEVELT HOTEL, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1929)
2. & 3. Alternated between the AMBASSADOR HOTEL, Mid-Wilshire,
Los Angeles and BILTMORE HOTEL, Downtown Los Angeles (1930-1943)
4. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1944-
1946)
5. SHRINE AUDITORIUM, West Adams, Los Angeles (1947-1948)
6. ACADEMY AWARD THEATRE [American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Headquarters], Hollywood, Los Angeles (1949)
7. PANTAGES THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (1950-1959)
[Awards ceremony held simultaneously at NBC INTERNATIONAL THEATRE,
New York City (1953) and NBC CENTURY THEATRE, New York City (1954-
1957)]
8. SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM, City of Santa Monica (1960-1968)
9. DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION, Downtown Los Angeles (1969-2001)
10. KODAK THEATRE, Hollywood, Los Angeles (2002-2012) / DOLBY THEATRE (2013-)


A list of the ten Academy Award ceremony venues. The presentation has been a Tinseltown tradition since the first was held on May 16, 1929. After 43 years of being staged in various parts of Los Angeles, the annual Oscar Night ceremony moved back to Hollywood. This occurred with the 74th soiree. It was held at the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND COMPLEX Kodak Theatre, on March 24, 2002.