Theater Square (Civ6)

Theater Square
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Drama and Poetry
Cost
Production	60
Production	60
Maint.	1
Maint.	1
Yields
Great Person Points	+1 Great Writer Great Writer point per turn. +1 Great Artist Great Artist point per turn. +1 Great Musician Great Musician point per turn.
Adjacency Bonus	+1 Culture from each adjacent wonder. +1 Culture from every 2 adjacent district tiles.
Citizen Yields (per citizen)	+2 Culture
Unlocks
Buildings	Amphitheater  Archaeological Museum  Art Museum  Broadcast Center  Film Studio

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The Theater Square is a specialty district in Civilization VI, dedicated to cultural pursuits. It requires the Drama and Poetry civic.

• Effects:
  • Receives a Standard bonus (+1) to Culture yield for each adjacent Wonder, and a Minor bonus (+½) to Culture for each adjacent district tiles.
  • +1 Great Writer Great Writer, Great Artist Great Artist and Great Musician Great Musician points per turn.
  • Buildings have slots for Great Works and Artifacts.
  • Specialists add +2 Culture each.

Buildings

The following buildings can be constructed in a Theater Square:

• Amphitheater
• Archaeological Museum (mutually exclusive with Art Museum)
• Art Museum (mutually exclusive with Archaeology Museum)
• Broadcast Center
  • Film Studio (America only)

Projects

• Theatre Square Performances: Grants Culture and Great Writer, Great Artist, & Great Musician points equal to 15% of Production used

Strategy

The Theater Square is your main tool for pursuing a Cultural Victory. Although the Tourism mechanics in Civilization VI are a bit different when compared to the previous game, Great Works still provide most of your Tourism output. But, as before, without slots where you can place the Great Works, you cannot even produce them! That's where the Theater Square and its buildings come into play.

Of course, this district has another purpose: as the main booster of Culture output of your cities, it not only helps widen your borders more rapidly, but most importantly it helps you acquire Civics more quickly! This in turn allows you to tweak your government more often, which makes your civilization more versatile.

Note that, despite having no stated tile type restrictions, the Theater Square can't be built on floodplains.

Historical Context

As the urban middle-class took on aspects of being "cultured" in the late 19th century, it demanded more refined entertainments than bear-baiting and bare-knuckle boxing. Theater districts were the answer, usually clustering around existing theaters and museums patronized by the upper-class. Thus New York City's Broadway district saw a number of new music halls and restaurants open immediately after the Metropolitan Opera House relocated to West 39th and Broadway in 1883. In the earlier 1800s, London's West End theater district expanded outward from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. In time, all those that feed off theatrical talent were also found in the theater districts: recording studios, radio studios, agents, producers, and so forth.