the square at the confluence of Santa Nonia and Independencia. The building was completed on September 22, 1951, two years later. National Center for the Performing Arts After remaining in uninterrupted operation since its inauguration in 1951, due to the impossibility of remaining open, it had to be closed in 2006. The situation caused great commotion in the city's society, which demanded that the city council purchase the building, something that finally took place in May 2007, 186 days after the closure, after the municipality paid 4.4 million euros to the company that owned it, Empresa Leonesa de Espectáculos. The plans for the building on the part of the León City Council at that time were to recover its theatrical function and for its restoration to be carried out by the León savings bank, Caja España and the Junta of Castile and León. However, with the change of political color in the city council after the March 2007 elections, plans for the use of the theater changed. Thus, the Ministry of Culture bought the building for 4.7 million euros from the City Council and announced the creation of the National Center for Performing Arts and Historical Music. According to the Ministry, the theater would be reopened in 2011, after an investment of 5.5 million euros, which would affect the complete restoration of the building to resume the appearance raised in the project of Manuel de Cárdenas Pastor slightly varying the interior of the building, with a reduction of the capacity of the current 1367 to about 1200, to comply with current European regulations without preventing the theater from receiving all kinds of musical, scenic and choreographic events of medium format. The project was never implemented and the building, unused, was put up for auction in 2014, without finding buyers. Current status The building has three owners: INAEM, the Leonese entertainment company and a private individual, who are responsible for its maintenance despite the fact that it is still closed to the public. The study to return the building to activity certified that the building had not suffered too much since its closure in 2006, so that the start-up would require an update of the building to meet the new regulatory requirements. Thus, the actions necessary for the restart of the activity are: Repairs and structural adaptation of roofs and building envelope. Accessibility through the removal of architectural barriers. Sectorization and