Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS; formerly VMA) is a performing arts theater in Providence, Rhode Island.
[3] The VETS is among the oldest arts venues in Rhode Island and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
[4] The adjacent Performing Arts Complex was erected in 1970 and is partially owned by the Veterans' Memorial Foundation.
The ornately designed 1,931-seat concert hall houses the largest theater stage in Rhode Island.
In the early 1980s, the state of Rhode Island was thinking of closing the auditorium and the adjoining Masonic Temple and reducing the complex to a parking lot.