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Since the theatre was damage by the fire the first phase of reconstruction begins on June 12, 1986 and has continued in the work carried out on September 2009 to April 2011 giving the image that we know now a day (2015). The goal is met and the exhibition is rescued from deterioration, leaving as the opening day.

Today the theatre is localized in one of the most famous streets of Zacatecas, because is in the center of the town, and a lot of buildings around it, have the same history as the theatre, for example, in the independence, the head of Miguel Hidalgo was exposed in the street where is the theatre. Also a lot of restaurants are close to the building and people get together in the stair under the theatre, so you can spend your afternoon there! There is a little bit of how looks the theatre inside nowadays.

It´s lobby is very wide, and the first floor contains a large room that is richly decorated with tapestries, oil lamps, and fine Venetian glass mirrors. The Main Hall is shaped like a horseshoe and is distributed among three tiers.