The MPEC recognizes the needs of persons with disabilities and has met or exceeded the requirements of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, state, and local accessibility mandates. For accessible seating options, please check the events pages within our website, call or visit the Texoma Community Credit Union Box Office.
For reserved seating events, the wheelchair user buys a ticket in Row CC. Up to four companions can also reserve seating in Row CC. Although the wheelchair user will sit behind Row CC, the vacant Row CC seat allows the wheelchair user to sit behind that seat without obstruction to their direct line of sight to the stage.
For ticketed events but not reserved seating and non-ticketed events: wheelchair users and up to four companion seats have priority in Row CC. Memorial Auditorium is a 2, seat theatre inside the City Hall building in downtown Wichita Falls and the building was built in the s.
In the early s, ADA accommodations had not been created and we make accommodations as best as we can today. The theatre floor is sloped and all chairs are bolted into the ground. The balcony cannot be accessed without climbing stairs.
There is an elevator that will take you to the balcony floor; however, there are stairs to the balcony sections of the auditorium. Restrooms, concession stands, and bars are accessible to ADA patrons. The ADA restroom is located on the first floor with elevator access. Patrons may enter through the ADA entrance on the NE side of the building and access the elevator that will take them to any floor. For the safety of, and as a courtesy for other guests, dancing, sitting, standing, etc.
