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The "Club Alliance" is located prominently by the main gate of the large USN & JMSDF naval base in Yokosuka. It was built and opened in the early-1980s as a replacement for the Enlisted Men's Club (EM Club), which was originally in a 1930s-era building situated off-base, near Keikyu Railway's Shioiri Station. The old EM Club (also named "Alliance") operated from 1947 to 1980 and was the largest of its kind in the world.
Link: Discover Yokosuka 横須賀奥旨: Yokosuka Power Spot Number 3 --- The "EM Club" (deepyokosuka.blogspot.com)
When the old EM Club was demolished, Yokosuka City Government decided to build a large entertainment venue on the site -- and after a decade of planning & construction, in 1994, the Yokosuka Arts Theater (横須賀芸術劇場 / Yokosuka Geijustsu Geki-jo) was opened.
Yokosuka Arts Theater is a large, world-class performance & concert facility. It is designed as an opera house, where 1,806 seats are arranged in a horseshoe pattern and includes four levels of high balconies. There is also a small theater called "The Bay Side Pocket", which seats 600 and is a multipurpose space with a flat level floor that can be used for a variety of activities.
The schedule of performances at Yokosuka Arts Theater is always busy and the current line-up can be seen at the link provided below. Of interest, the old EM Club was known as a "Birthplace of Jazz in Japan", and that history is memorialized by a wonderful/dynamic live concert held every summer called: "Yokosuka Jazz Dreams".
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