Fox Performing Arts Center Seating Chart
A restored 1929 movie palace in downtown Riverside, reopened in 2010 as a performing-arts center after a full renovation. The Spanish Colonial and Moorish-style hall books touring concerts, comedy, and Broadway productions, with an intimate orchestra-and-balcony plan that puts every seat within easy view of the stage.
Sections at Fox Performing Arts Center
Here are the 6 main sections on the Fox Performing Arts Center chart. Ticket price, distance, and sightline all follow from which one you're in, so find yours on this list before you commit — and remember configurations move: a concert, a game, and a private buyout each use the room differently.
- Orchestra — main floor closest to the stage
- Orchestra rear — back rows of the main floor
- Loge boxes — premium side positions
- Balcony front — upper tier leading rows
- Balcony rear — back of the upper tier
- Box seats — premium side positions near the stage
Best seats at Fox Performing Arts Center
Center orchestra rows from roughly the fifth to the fifteenth give the best mix of detail and full-stage view. The balcony front row is genuinely excellent here, with a head-on sightline and the room's ornate ceiling overhead.
Tips before you go
The theater anchors the Riverside Marketplace district, so pre-show dinner is an easy walk from the lobby. The city garage one block over is the simplest parking, and the surrounding streets meter free after evening hours.
How to read the Fox Performing Arts Center seating chart
Start with the shape of the room: 1,646 seats on stacked levels facing the stage, split into 6 sections — Orchestra, Orchestra rear, Loge boxes, Balcony front, Balcony rear, and Box seats. Your ticket names exactly one of them, and that name is worth reading twice, because neighboring sections can differ by a full level, a price tier, or which side of the room you face from.
What actually separates one Fox Performing Arts Center seat from another comes down to three things: how far from the stage you are, whether you sit center or off toward a side aisle, and which level you're on. Compare Box seats and Orchestra on the chart and you'll see the spread — a different level, a different price, sometimes a different side of the Riverside room. The best-seats notes above narrow it down for Fox Performing Arts Center; before buying, check the official map against your exact section, row, and seat.
For scale: at 1,646 seats, Fox Performing Arts Center ranks 49th of the 53 California venues in this guide by capacity — Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (1,800) is the next size up, Balboa Theatre (1,339) the next size down.
Building a seating chart for an event at Fox Performing Arts Center
Hosting a suite night, a group outing, or a private event near Fox Performing Arts Center? Work from the same layout shown on the chart above — sections like Orchestra and Box seats and the tiers around them — and map your party onto tables that mirror it. Assign each guest a spot and export a PDF the Riverside event-services team can set up from. Fox Performing Arts Center runs to 1,646 at full configuration, but a private block is usually a club, a suite, or an adjacent banquet room — a fraction of that, and exactly the scale the maker below handles: rounds for the dinner, rows for the program, and head tables placed where you want them.
Hosting a private event at Fox Performing Arts Center?
Build a seating chart for your Fox Performing Arts Center event — banquet rounds for the dinner, rows for the program, head tables wherever the format calls for them. The maker handles layouts up to 500 seats and exports a print-ready PDF you can hand the Riverside venue's event team.
Open the seating chart generatorFrequently asked questions
- How many seats does Fox Performing Arts Center hold?
- Fox Performing Arts Center holds 1,646 at full configuration. The usable count shifts with the event — a concert may open or close sections a daytime event keeps as-is — and a private buyout uses only the sections you book, often a club, a suite, or a section or two out of the 6 on the Riverside chart.
- What are the best seats at Fox Performing Arts Center?
- Center orchestra rows from roughly the fifth to the fifteenth give the best mix of detail and full-stage view. The balcony front row is genuinely excellent here, with a head-on sightline and the room's ornate ceiling overhead.
- What sections does Fox Performing Arts Center have?
- Main sections include: Orchestra — main floor closest to the stage; Orchestra rear — back rows of the main floor; Loge boxes — premium side positions. Full breakdown in the sections list above.
- Where is Fox Performing Arts Center located?
- Fox Performing Arts Center is located in Riverside, California. Confirm the street address, parking, and transit near sections like Orchestra on the official venue site before you go; Riverside venues handle gates, lots, and rideshare pickups differently.
- How do I plan a private event at Fox Performing Arts Center?
- Open the maker below and work from Fox Performing Arts Center's actual geography (Orchestra and Box seats and neighbors). Drop tables where your event sits, assign each guest, and export the PDF the Riverside event-services team will set up from.