Dolby Theatre
The fixed venue for the Academy Awards ceremony, located on Hollywood Boulevard. You can take a guided tour of about 30 minutes.
The Dolby Theatre opened in 2001 under the name Kodak Theatre and was renamed in 2012. Since 2002, it has been the permanent venue for the Oscars. It seats about 3,400 and also hosts musicals, concerts, and award shows. The roughly 30-minute guided tour takes you into the auditorium and the VIP green room, where the guide explains how the venue is set up for the Oscars, and you can see Oscar statuettes on display. The theater is located inside the Ovation Hollywood shopping center, right next to the TCL Chinese Theatre and the Walk of Fame, and the second-floor terrace is a good spot for photos of the Hollywood Sign. Tours are suspended for several weeks before and after the Oscars. Getting there: take the Metro B Line to Hollywood/Highland station, and you can walk out directly to the theater.
Opening hours
Tours approx. 10:30–16:00 (adjusted on performance days and during Oscar season)
Nearby sights
- Hollywood Walk of Fame / TCL Chinese Theatre
- Hollywood Bowl
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Original Farmers Market & The Grove
- Hollywood Sign
- Sunset Boulevard
- Griffith Observatory