--> The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) is located downtown on a picturesque nine-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the largest performing arts complex south of the Kennedy Center, the 335,000 square-foot Straz Center – with five theaters, three restaurants and a performing arts conservatory – provides an environment provides an environment for a wide variety of world-class events. It boasts one of the nation's leading Broadway series and is nationally respected for producing grand opera, as well as presenting a wide variety of concerts, performances and events.