Talk:Dolby Theatre

Why is it Theatre instead of Theater ?
It's in America, right? So why it's written under the brit standard... 201.222.185.80 (talk) 21:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the article doesn't reveal much about this, so I guess the founders of Kodak Theatre were non-native American English speakers and preferred British spelling. Knowing that Kodak is Japanese, I suppose British spelling is preferred and more widely taught. These are just guesses, of course I can be utterly wrong and it could be an "official misspelling." –81.182.81.97 (talk) 19:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Kodak is Japanese???? Powers T 01:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope, it's still an American company. Its name was inspired by the shutter noise of George Eastman's first camera--whose film Thomas Edison also used in the first movie camera.  --RBBrittain (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Many, if not most, theaters in the U.S. use the British spelling. Perhaps it's to make their venues appear more high-class. -Will Beback · † · 19:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I second that. Binba 23:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


 * When I was a kid, "theatre" and "theater" were both taught as acceptable here in America. So though "theatre" is probably British English, I wouldn't automatically say it's unacceptable in the U.S.--even though "theater" is more consistent with American English.  (Not to mention, of course, that the Hollywood & Highland developers chose "theatre", which should settle the issue.)  --RBBrittain (talk) 11:48, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It's an American company with Canadian money/founders as I recall; this got a bit of play in the Canadian papers when it opened, as a sort of in-joke on the predominance of Canadians in the film industry. So no, not British English.  Canadian English; can't remember who the players in the story were, only that that's the story. Skookum1 (talk) 13:59, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Removed sentence
Removed the following comment: " However, it is not the largest theater in the U.S. - that honor goes to Willow Creek Church's (near Chicago) 7,200 seat Worship Center. " – Wikipedia is not a venue for advertising, the largest theatre in the U.S. is no more relavent to this article than the smallest theatre in the U.S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.202.18.9 (talk) 14:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

New picture?
The main picture shows the venue with the name "Kodak Theatre". Since its name has been changed to "Dolby Theatre", I was curious as to whether or not there is an image of the venue's exterior that can be used that says "Dolby Theatre". --MusicGeek101 (talk) 15:27, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jullit31 (talk) 15:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Architecture section
The Architecture section of the article is written like an ad, with lots of flowery "isn't this place great" language. The only thing stopping me from putting the Advert template tag on top is the fact Wikipedia is currently merging that template with a template denoting spam, and I think that overstates the situation. Someone with a bit of knowledge of the topic should revise the section, though, so it reads less like a promotional brochure. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 16:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

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