The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, also known simply as The Arsht Center, is an elaborate ornamentation of modern style located on Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami. The Arsht Center is home to the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the James S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, and Carnival Studio Theater, hosting a combined capacity of 4,800 among all three. The Florida Grand Opera calls the Arsht Center home, and the center has been honored by the presence of a multitude of famous actors and actresses, politicians and celebrities.

The Arsht Center was opened as the “Carnival Center” in 2006 and was erected on the previous grounds of a 1929 Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store, which in 1997 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two years after the Arsht Center opened, philanthropists Adrienne Arsht made a generous three million dollar donation to the facility with the intent of a more financially independent institution. The Carnival Center then adopted a new name to pay respect to Adrienne Arsht’s business contribution.