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Locations of the Academy Awards Ceremony

First Academy Awards, 1929

First Academy Awards ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, 1929. Photo from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
1st May 16, 1929 Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel


Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles

Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (demolished 2006). Site of six Academy Awards ceremonies between 1930 and 1943. Photo by Colourphoto, Boston.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
2nd Apr. 3, 1930 Ambassador Hotel
3rd Nov. 5, 1930 Ambassador Hotel


Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

Postcard, circa 1930-1945, looking east over Pershing Square, with Biltmore Hotel in background, in Downtown Los Angeles. Site of eight Academy Awards ceremonies between 1931 and 1943. From Los Angeles Almanac Postcard Collection.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
4th Nov. 10, 1931 Biltmore Hotel
5th Nov. 18, 1932 Ambassador Hotel
No Awards Ceremony in 1933
6th Mar. 16, 1934 Ambassador Hotel
7th Feb. 27, 1935 Biltmore Hotel
8th Mar. 5, 1936 Biltmore Hotel
9th Mar. 4, 1937 Biltmore Hotel
10th Mar. 10, 1938 Biltmore Hotel
11th Feb. 23, 1939 Biltmore Hotel
12th Feb. 29, 1940 Ambassador Hotel
13th Feb. 27, 1941 Biltmore Hotel
14th Feb. 26, 1942 Biltmore Hotel
15th Mar. 4, 1943 Ambassador Hotel


Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 1945

Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, 1945. Site of three Academy Awards ceremonies between 1944 and 1946. Photo from Security National Bank Collection at Los Angeles Public Library.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
16th Mar. 2, 1944 Grauman's Chinese Theater
17th Mar. 15, 1945 Grauman's Chinese Theater
18th Mar. 7, 1946 Grauman's Chinese Theater


Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, site of 10 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1947 and 2001. Los Angeles Almanac photo.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
19th Mar. 13, 1947 Shrine Auditorium
20th Mar. 20, 1948 Shrine Auditorium
21st Mar. 24, 1949 Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Melrose Ave. Theater


1954 Academy Awards at RKO Pantages Theater

26th Annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, 1954. Site of 11 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1950 and 1960. Photo from Los Angeles Daily News Collection at UCLA Digital Library.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
22nd Mar. 23, 1950 RKO Pantages Theater
23rd Mar. 29, 1951 RKO Pantages Theater
24th Mar. 20, 1952 RKO Pantages Theater
25th Mar. 19, 1953 RKO Pantages Theater
26th Mar. 25, 1954 RKO Pantages Theater
27th Mar. 30, 1955 RKO Pantages Theater
28th Mar. 21, 1956 RKO Pantages Theater
29th Mar. 27, 1957 RKO Pantages Theater
30th Mar. 26, 1958 RKO Pantages Theater
31st Apr. 6, 1959 RKO Pantages Theater
32nd Apr. 4, 1960 RKO Pantages Theater


Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Site of eight Academy Awards ceremonies between 1961-1968. Photo by Cbl62 at Wikimedia Commons.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
33rd Apr. 17, 1961 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
34th Apr. 9, 1962 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
35th Apr. 8, 1963 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
36th Apr. 13, 1964 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
37th Apr. 5, 1965 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
38th Apr. 18, 1966 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
39th Apr. 10, 1967 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
40th Apr. 10, 1968 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium


Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, site of 25 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1969 and 1999. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
41st Apr. 14, 1969 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
42nd Apr. 7, 1970 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
43rd Apr. 15, 1971 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
44th Apr. 10, 1972 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
45th Mar. 27, 1973 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
46th Apr. 2, 1974 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
47th Apr. 8, 1975 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
48th Mar. 29, 1976 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
49th Mar. 28, 1977 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
50th Apr. 3, 1978 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
51st Apr. 9, 1979 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
52nd Apr. 14, 1980 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
53rd Mar. 31, 1981 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
54th Mar. 29, 1982 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
55th Apr. 11, 1983 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
56th Apr. 9, 1984 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
57th Mar. 25, 1985 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
58th Mar. 24, 1986 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
59th Mar. 30, 1987 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
60th Apr. 11, 1988 Shrine Auditorium
61st Mar. 29, 1989 Shrine Auditorium
62nd Mar. 26, 1990 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
63rd Mar. 25, 1991 Shrine Auditorium
64th Mar. 30, 1992 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
65th Mar. 29, 1993 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
66th Mar. 21, 1994 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
67th Mar. 27, 1995 Shrine Auditorium
68th Mar. 25, 1996 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
69th Mar. 24, 1997 Shrine Auditorium
70th Mar. 23, 1998 Shrine Auditorium
71st Mar. 21, 1999 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County
72nd Mar. 26, 2000 Shrine Auditorium
73rd Mar. 25, 2001 Shrine Auditorium


Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, venue for Academy Awards ceremonies since 2002. Photo by Adam Fagen from Washington, DC, via Wikimedia Commons.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
74th Mar. 24, 2002 Kodak Theatre
75th Mar. 23, 2003 Kodak Theatre
76th Feb. 29, 2004 Kodak Theatre
77th Feb. 27, 2005 Kodak Theatre
78th Mar. 5, 2006 Kodak Theatre
79th Feb. 25, 2007 Kodak Theatre
80th Feb. 24, 2008 Kodak Theatre
81st Feb. 22, 2009 Kodak Theatre
82nd Mar. 7, 2010 Kodak Theatre
83rd Feb. 27, 2011 Kodak Theatre
84th Feb. 26, 2012 Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (temporarily renamed from Kodak Theatre)
85th Feb. 24, 2013 Dolby Theatre (renamed from Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre)
86th Mar. 2, 2014 Dolby Theatre
87th Feb. 22, 2015 Dolby Theatre
88th Feb. 28, 2016 Dolby Theatre
89th Feb. 26, 2017 Dolby Theatre
90th Mar. 4, 2018 Dolby Theatre
91st Feb. 24, 2019 Dolby Theatre
92nd Feb. 9, 2020 Dolby Theatre


Union Station, Los Angeles

Union Station in Los Angeles, venue for the Academy Awards ceremony in 2021. Los Angeles Almanac photo.


Ceremony Year(s) Location of the Ceremony
93rd Apr. 25, 2021 Dolby Theatre and Union Station
94th Mar. 27, 2022 Dolby Theatre
95th Mar. 12, 2023 Dolby Theatre
96th Mar. 10, 2024 Dolby Theatre

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences


The Academy Awards ceremony had been postponed only three times since it began in 1929: in 1938 for one week due to severe flooding in Los Angeles; in 1968 for two days out of respect for the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King; and in 1981 for one day due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.