Riley Center Today
Now fully restored, The MSU Riley Center is designed to entertain and enrich, further lifelong learning, and improve the quality of life for people of Mississippi and West Alabama through education and the arts.
The Riley Center includes a theater which seats approximately 950 people, a 200-seat studio theater, and 30,000 sq ft (2,787 m2) of meeting space, including a large exhibit hall, break out rooms, and board rooms, all equipped with teleconferencing capabilities and built-in technical features to create the optimal meeting environment.
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