It was erected in the Porfirian era of the port and is considered one of the most beautiful and important buildings of its type in Mexico.

[1] The original design of the building was carried out by the engineer Andrés Librado Tapia and its construction took place between 1869 and 1874.

[4] The singer Ángela Peralta died on August 30, 1883 in the adjacent Iturbide hotel (today the Municipal Center of the Arts).

[6] In 1975, Hurricane Olivia lifted the wooden roof of the theater and crashed inside it, breaking its cast iron balconies and leaving the forum's woodwork in pieces.

In 1987, after more than 10 years of deterioration and oblivion, the architect Juan José León Loya carried out the restoration of the building.