Alaska Experience Theatre - Anchorage, Alaska - Entertainment and Dining Complex

The Alaska Experience Theatre is located in downtown Anchorage, Alaska on the corner of Fourth Avenue and C Street, overlooking Cook Inlet. For the convenience of visitors there are municipal parking lots and off-street parking within close proximity of the theater and it is approximately a 20 minute drive from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The theater provides entertainment through state of the art equipment, dancing and good food.

One of the big attractions at this theatre is the state of the art theatre projection system with 3-D capabilities, where movies run throughout the year. Each film may run for several months at a time and are family entertainment mostly relevant to things associated with Alaska. The Salmon Bake Dinner Theatre allows visitors to watch films such as documentaries about the 1964 earthquake or the Northern Lights while enjoying a salmon dinner and there is also entertainment provided by dancing Alaskan natives.

The Alaskan dancing can also be seen at the 4th Avenue Market Place three times a week between June and August. 4th Avenue Market Place is a shopping center in Ship Creek Center and as well as housing the Alaska Experience Theatre it also has many shops, restaurants and coffee shops. It is here that visitors will also see Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race murals and the Tlingit totem pole, which is anchorage's first and only totem pole.

There are a couple of exhibits at 4th Avenue Market Place including Alaska's biggest display of the earthquake that struck the area in 1964. There are large photographs highlighting the destruction caused on that fateful day, which are then accentuated by the interactive display shown in the Alaska Experience Theatre. The quake reached 9.2 on the Richter scale and visitors will hear first-hand accounts of what happened during those moments and afterwards.

Another exhibition here is a permanent collection of 63 prints by the Alaskan artist and writer Fred Machetanz. He became a celebrated an authoritative chronicler of the beauty of Alaska through his lifelong journeys through the state. His style is well respected and the prints provide visitors with a clear picture of the beauty of the Alaskan landscape.

The theatre and banquet room are available to hire out for special events such as weddings, parties, conferences and other gatherings. The banquet room is 3,000 square feet and can accommodate up to 120 people, while the theatre has 96 seats and room for several wheelchairs. Organizers can use the projection system with computer connections available if required and there is over 300 square of open space for stage productions, with dressing rooms accessible from either side of the stage.

Visitors looking for somewhere to stay near the theatre will find several hotels in the area including the Anchorage Marriott, Captain Hook Hotel and Historic Anchorage Hotel all less than half a mile away. There are a number of eateries close by as well such as Orso Ristorante, Sacks Cafe and Restaurant and Gumbo House.