In 1974, promoter Mike Kobluk and architect Bruce Walker launched the Spokane Opera House as the centerpiece of the world’s fair

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The main auditorium at the First Interstate Center for the Arts.

If you loved live entertainment and you lived in Spokane in 1974, well… Lucky you! Not only did you get to enjoy the brand-new Spokane Opera House — aka, the Washington State Pavilion — but for six months, Spokane was, as Mike Kobluk confidently predicted a few months before the start of the world’s fair, “the entertainment capital of the United States.”

Recently retired from the Chad Mitchell Trio, with hit records

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