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{{Short description|Concert hall in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States}}
{{Other uses|Tabernacle (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox venue
|name = The Tabernacle
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|website = {{URL|www.tabernacleatl.com|Venue Website}}
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The '''Tabernacle'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://targetaudiencemagazine.com/2013/06/tame-impala-shook-the-tabernacle-at-a-sold-out-show-in-atlanta/|title=Tame Impala Shook the Tabernacle at a Sold Out Show in Atlanta - Target Audience Magazine|author=Boise, Danielle|date=20 June 2013|work=Target Audience Magazine|
<!--NOTE: Please do not add any more names to this list. The list is only meant to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. If you want to add another name, take one off. Just try to keep on the list the most notable acts that also reflect the variety of performers who appear at the venue. Thank you.-->Since its rebranding, many notable acts performed at the venue, including: [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Tove Lo]], [[The Black Crowes]], [[Oasis]], [[Adele]], [[Eminem]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] & [[The New Power Generation]], [[Lana
Along with music concerts, the venue also holds many comedy tours annually including [[Bob Saget]], [[Lisa Lampanelli]], [[Cheech & Chong]] and [[Stephen Lynch (musician)|Stephen Lynch]]. Dave Chappelle recorded his award winning special “Sticks and Stones” at the venue.
==History==
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===Baptist Tabernacle (1911–94)===
Dr. [[Len G. Broughton]] was recruited from [[Virginia]] to become pastor of Third Baptist Church in Atlanta in March 1898. Within a year he had founded a new Baptist Tabernacle church on the southwest corner of Luckie and Harris streets (now the middle of [[Centennial Olympic Park]]).<ref name="Garrett">{{Citation | last=Garrett | first=Franklin Miller |
[[File:TabernacleAtlantaCornerstone.JPG|left|thumb|200px|The cornerstone of the building, placed March 1910|alt=A white stone block inscribed with "BAPTIST TABERNACLE AND INSTITUTE BUILDING. 1910. LEN G. BROUGHTON, FOUNDER."]]
Seeing the need for further growth, Broughton sought another location closer to the center of town, which led to the current property on Luckie St. However his Board of Deacons found the price too high and declined to buy it. As a result, Broughton himself and a few of his deacons bought the property<ref name="Garrett"/> on July 7, 1906, and gave it to the church. ''[[The Atlanta Constitution]]'' reported the $52,000 transaction on its front page, reporting it as "one of the most important real estate and church transactions ever made in Atlanta" and described an auditorium "eight or ten stories in height" and estimated construction cost at $250,000.<ref>{{Citation | title=Big Auditorium Is Planned By the Baptist Tabernacle at a Total Cost of $300,000 | newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution | date=July 9, 1906 | volume=XXXIX | issue=24 | page=1 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35364261/big_auditorium_is_planned_by_the/ | access-date=August 28, 2019 |
[[File:Tabernacle Nov 8 1907 Drawing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|R. H. Hunt's original proposed design, 1907|alt=A pencil drawing of a large church and three other buildings.]]
The building was designed by noted [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] architect [[Reuben Harrison Hunt]],<ref name="Megachurch"/> along with three other buildings for the same site including a nurses dormitory and a hospital building. (None of these other buildings survive to the present day). The plans were revealed in November 1907 and depict a church building somewhat larger than what was finally constructed, extending all the way to the corner of Luckie and Spring Street (see photo).<ref>{{Citation | title=Plans Accepted for Tabernacle; Work Will Begin | newspaper=[[The Atlanta Georgian]] and News | date=November 8, 1907 | volume=VI | issue=82 | page=7 | url=http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/aga/aga1907/aga1907-4377.mets.xml;query=Tabernacle;brand=atlnewspapers-j2k-brand#page/n0/mode/1up |
Ground-breaking ceremonies were held for the new building on August 17, 1909, at which time the construction cost had been revised to $125,000. At the time the membership of the church was 1,850 (up from 350 at its founding ten years before). Broughton, who was preaching at [[Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church]] at the time, was not present at the ground-breaking.<ref>{{Citation | title=Dirt Is Broken For Tabernacle : Appropriate Ceremonies Held on Luckie St. Lot | newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution | date=August 18, 1909 | volume=XLII | issue=64 | page=7 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35364486/dirt_is_broken_for_tabernacle/ | access-date=August 28, 2019 |
The cornerstone for the building was laid at the end of the 1910 Bible Conference held at the church. Immediately after a sermon by [[Frederick Brotherton Meyer|F. B. Meyer]] on March 9, 1910, an "immense crowd" adjourned to the construction site. Meyer said at the ceremony, "I believe that this will be a historic occasion, not only in the history of the church but not unworthy to be chronicled in the history of this great and beautiful city."
[[File:TabernacleAtlantaArchitectRendering.jpg|left|200px|thumb|R. H. Hunt's architectural rendering of the final design, 1909|alt=An artistic rendering of the building as built, with two other buildings next to it and people around.]]
The structure measures 147 by 130 feet with an exterior of red brick trimmed by granite. The style is [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] with [[Ionic order|Ionic columns]] and arches on the facade.<ref name="Megachurch">{{Citation | title=From Meetinghouse to Megachurch: A Material and Cultural History |
The first services in the new building were held on September 3, 1911 beginning with a Sunday school at 9:30 (attended by 2,000). The doors opened for the main service at 10:40 am, by which time some people had been waiting two hours to enter.<ref name="AC19110904">{{Citation | title=Shot At Russell Taken By Pastor: Dr. Broughton Attacks the Local Option Platform | newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution | date=September 4, 1911 | volume=XLIV | issue=81 | page=1 }}</ref> A week-long dedication for the church was held from September 10 to 17, 1911, during which as many as 8,000 people crowded into the auditorium and hundreds more were turned away.<ref name="Megachurch"/>
On the very first day in the new building, Broughton gave a sermon criticizing local politicians for standing in the way of [[prohibition]].<ref name="AC19110904"/> Aside from the [[temperance movement]], Broughton was outspoken on other political issues, and over the coming years he would have guest speakers appear at the Tabernacle toward this end. These included (then Vice President elect) [[Calvin Coolidge]],<ref>{{Citation | title=Coolidge Arrives Today to Attend Tariff Congress | newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution | date=January 26, 1921 | page=1 | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/515871752.html?dids=515871752:515871752&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+26,+1921&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=COOLIDGE+ARRIVES+TODAY+TO+ATTEND+TARIFF+CONGRESS&pqatl=google |
[[File:TabernacleAtlantaPlatform1920.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Photo of the rostrum showing the choir seats and large pipe organ, 1920|alt=A view looking down from the balcony to the seating, rostrum and pipe organ in the church.]]
The congregation reached its peak in the 1950s with a membership of over 3,000. However, the phenomenon of [[white flight]] caused the church to go into decline in the decades afterward. By the 1980s, attendance at the church had dwindled to around 500, and it had trouble attracting a permanent pastor.<ref>{{Citation | title=Tabernacle Turns 90, Seeks Pastor To Spur Renewal | author=Niebuhr, Gustav | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=November 13, 1988 | page=1C,9C | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26979727/the-atlanta-constitution/ | via=newspapers.com |access-date=June 2, 2020 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602165402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26979727/the-atlanta-constitution/ | archive-date=June 2, 2020 }}</ref>
An attempt by the city government to give the building historic status was resisted in 1989, the members citing a loan plan necessary to ensure the survival of the church.<ref>{{Citation | title=Tabernacle Says 'Historic' Status Will Ensure Its Demise | author=Cordell, Actor | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Intown Extra | date=November 16, 1989 | page=5D | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55427818/tabernacle-says-historic-status-will/ |access-date=July 15, 2020 | via=newspapers.com }}</ref> The congregation's troubles continued after that, leading a later pastor to attempt a [[Fasting|fast]] to encourage donations to save the church. (At this time the church was making ends meet via revenue from the two adjacent parking lots which it owned).<ref>{{Citation | title=Minister is fasting for financial deliverance | author=Cordell, Actor | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Intown Extra | date=January 3, 1991 | page=4E | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55428002/minister-is-fasting-for-financial/ | access-date=July 15, 2020 | via=newspapers.com }}</ref> These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In December 1991 the congregation, then numbering about 100, voted to cease having services there and ordered the trustees to find a buyer for the building.<ref>{{Citation | title=Faithful to the end: The remaining members of Luckie Street church agree it's time to close up | author=Laccetti, Susan | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | date=February 22, 1992 | page=
The building's history as a church ended on Friday, October 14, 1994 when it was sold (along with the offices and the two parking lots) for $2.2 million to a group of investors led by James B. Cumming who intended to redevelop the area in conjunction with the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. Its position just across from Centennial Olympic Park made it very attractive as a potential Olympic entertainment venue.<ref>{{Citation | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA14DB9C38422&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=Historic downtown church sold to Olympic investors | first=Sallye | last=Salter | newspaper=Atlanta Journal & Constitution | page=C-1 | date=October 15, 1994 |
===House of Blues (1996–97)===
[[File:During a show.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Tabernacle during a show|alt=Confetti falling on a packed theater as many people on stage wave to the audience.]]
At least two different teams attempted to develop the building as a venue for the Olympics with little success.<ref>{{Citation | title=Business Report - Commercial Real Estate - New team heading Tabernacle project | last=Salter | first=Sallye | date=May 14, 1995 | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | page=D-2 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003,0EADA1C5973D3ADD.html |
The first act to perform (on July 19 & 20) was [[The Blues Brothers]] (with [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[James Belushi]] and [[John Goodman]])'<ref name="HOB_PR">{{Citation | title=Press Release: House of Blues at the Centennial Summer Olympics in Atlanta | publisher=House of Blues | date=July 10, 1996 | url=http://www.hob.com/aboutHOB/press/pressreleases/index.asp?pid=489 |
[[File:Tabernacle wide.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The stage|alt=Multiple colored lights shine down on a stage while an audience watches.]]
Civic leaders in Atlanta had high hopes that House of Blues would continue as a permanent downtown attraction, especially when the lease was extended through January 1997. But immediately after the Olympics were finished, word came that it would shut down.<ref>{{Citation | title=Future uncertain for two nightlife attractions - House of Blues is considering closing at the end of the month; "Pomp Duck and Circumstance" plans to reopen in September with a scaled-back show. | author=Salter, Sallye | author2=DeVault, Russ | date=August 9, 1996 | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | page=F-1 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003,0EADA2A02866963B.html |
Some concerts were held at the venue under the House of Blues name beginning in 1997 through the efforts of Lance Sterling.<ref name="SaportaSterling"/> The trial run began on Wednesday, November 12, 1997, with a concert by [[Hall & Oates]].<ref name="HallOates">{{Citation | title=Hall & Oates begin trial run for reopened House of Blues | author=Longino, Miriam | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | page=C8 | date=November 13, 1997 }}</ref> House of Blues ended its relationship with Atlanta when its lease expired for the last time in January 1998. City leaders continued negotiations with Sterling, who said "This is the premier venue in the Southeast. I am personally committed to making downtown Atlanta a venue, and I'm calling everybody I know to make this happen."<ref>{{Citation | title=House of Blues won't call Atlanta home | last=Saporta | first=Maria | date=January 15, 1998 | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal | page=C-2 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003,0EADA3888CD0C155.html |
===Tabernacle (1998–present)===
[[File:The Flaming Lips, Tabernacle Atlanta-2006-09-13.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Flaming Lips performing on September 13, 2006|alt=A rock band performs on stage with a graphic that says "IT'S NOT VERY LOUD" is on a screen behind them.]]
On March 11, 1998, Lance Sterling announced that he had entered into a 30-year lease agreement and was investing $2 million of his own money to develop the building. The venue was renamed Tabernacle at this time, affectionately called "The Tabby".{{cn|date=November 2011}} The reopening was set for March 28, the same day that Centennial Olympic Park was set to reopen across the street.<ref>{{Citation | title=Former House of Blues reopening in downtown as the Tabernacle | last=Saporta | first=Maria | date=March 12, 1998 | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | page=F-2 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003,0EADA39E998BCCAC.html |
Eventually Sterling (whose home is in California) found the business was conflicting with his family life. "I would spend a week there and a week home. It was just too much," he said.<ref>{{Citation | title=Canyon Club fills entertainment void | date=March 8, 2001 | newspaper=The Acorn
At the same time as the SFX sale, local music promoters Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon announced that they would move their Cotton Club to the basement of the building (the former Sunday school room) as an additional feature of the venue.<ref>{{Citation | title=Tabernacle sold; Cotton Club moving in | last=DeVault | first=Russ | date=December 18, 1999 | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | page=E1 | url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00003,0EADA4D1B116EAB7.html |
The Tabernacle continues as a major concert venue in Atlanta
====2008 tornado====
[[File:Heavily damaged building next to Centennial Olympic Park after 14 March 2008 Downtown Atlanta storm.JPG|right|thumb|200px
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On March 14, 2008, the Tabernacle sustained extensive damage when a [[tornado]] tore through downtown Atlanta. Windows were blown out and the roof was severely damaged. A broken water pipe caused additional damage.<ref name="ajclandmarks">{{Citation | url=http://www.ajc.com/search/content/news/stories/2008/03/16/landmark0316.html | title=Atlanta Tornado: The Aftermath: Landmarks Take a Hit | author=Cook, Rhonda Cook | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | date=March 16, 2008 |
name="ajctornado">{{Citation | url=http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/03/14/domeburst_0315.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab | title=Friday tornado pummels downtown; Saturday storm kills 2 | author=Eberly, Tim | author2=Shea, Paul | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | date=March 15, 2008 |
Major repairs and [[building restoration|restoration]] took less than two months, working around the clock. Because the ornate plasterwork on the ceiling could not be repaired, drywall and [[molding (decorative)|molding]] were used to re-create the same designs. The original painter from the 1996 opening was found to repaint the repaired sections. Upgrades were also done to electrical and other systems.
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====2014 floor collapse====
Shortly after the beginning of a [[Panic! at the Disco]] concert, the building was evacuated due to possible cracking in the floor.<ref
name="ajcevacuation">{{Citation | url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/the-tabernacle-evacuated-due-to-shaky-floors/ndHTG/ | title=Downtown Atlanta concert hall evacuated amid reports of cracked floor | author=Stevens, Alexis | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | date=February 7, 2014 |
==Awards==
[[File:Tabernacle in Atlanta.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The [[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] interior of the Tabernacle|alt=A view away from the stage shows painted front edges of two balconies and the decorated ceiling.]]
The Tabernacle has been named one of the best concert venues in the nation by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'',<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite web|title=The Best Big Rooms in America | date=April 25, 2013 | author=Knopper, Steve | website=Rolling Stone | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-best-big-rooms-in-america-20130425/the-tabernacle-in-atlanta-19691231 | access-date=May 9, 2017 }}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine<ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/05/americas-40-best-music-venues.html | title=America's 40 Best Music Venues | newspaper=Paste Magazine | issue=32 | date=June 2007 |
It has also won numerous "Best of Atlanta" awards over the years:
* [[The Technique]] Best of Tech: 2003 Best Concert Venue<ref>{{Citation | url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/7918 | title=Best of Tech | date=April 18, 2003 | newspaper=The Technique: The Best and Worst of Tech | publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology | volume=88 | issue=31 | page=6 | oclc=7644360 |
* [[Creative Loafing (Atlanta)|Creative Loafing]] 2003 Best New Use for an Old Building - TIE (Readers' Pick)<ref>{{Citation | url=http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/readers_picks/Content?oid=13623 | title=Best of Atlanta 2003: Readers' Picks | date=September 25, 2003 | newspaper=Creative Loafing | publisher=Eason Publications | volume=32 | issue=20 | issn=0889-8685 |
* Creative Loafing 2004 Best Concert Venue (Citizens' Choice)<ref>{{Citation | url=http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:16979 | title=Best of Atlanta 2004 : Citizen's Choice | date=September 30, 2004 | newspaper=Creative Loafing | publisher=Eason Publications | volume=33 | issue=21 | issn=0889-8685 |
* [[Access Atlanta]] Best of the Big A: 2005 Best Live Music Club<ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/bestof/content/bestof/2005/winner_livemusic.html | title=Best of Big A 2005: Best Live Music Club | newspaper=Access Atlanta | publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | access-date
* The Technique Best of Tech: 2006 Best Concert Venue<ref>{{Citation | url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/9533 | title=Best of Tech | date=April 21, 2006 | newspaper=The Technique: The Best and Worst of Tech | publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology | volume=91 | issue=29 | page=5 | oclc=7644360 |
* Creative Loafing 2006 Best Concert Venue (Readers' Pick)<ref>{{Citation | url=http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:272865 | title=After Dark Reader picks: Best of Atlanta 2006 | date=September 27, 2006 | newspaper=Creative Loafing | publisher=Eason Publications | volume=35 | issue=21 | issn=0889-8685 |
* The Technique Best of Tech: 2007 Best Concert Venue<ref>{{Citation | url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/14396 | title=Best of Tech | date=April 20, 2007 | newspaper=The Technique: The Best and Worst of Tech | publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology | volume=92 | issue=30 | page=3 | oclc=7644360 |
* The Technique Best of Tech: 2009 Best Concert Venue (Student Pick)<ref>{{Citation | url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28070 | title=Best & Worst of Food & Entertainment | date=April 17, 2009 | newspaper=The Technique: The Best and Worst of Tech | publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology | volume=94 | issue=30 | page=6 | oclc=7644360 |
* Creative Loafing 2010 Best Concert Venue (Reader Pick)<ref>{{Citation | url=http://clatl.com/atlanta/BestOf?oid=1996784&feature=1390834 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021133/http://clatl.com/atlanta/BestOf?oid=1996784&feature=1390834 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 5, 2012 | title=Creative Loafing Atlanta - Best of Atlanta 2010 - After Dark - Best concert venue - Reader Pick | date=September 23, 2010 | newspaper=Creative Loafing | volume=39 | issue=21 | issn=0889-8685 |
==In popular culture==
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==See also==
* [[House Of Blues]]
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