Construction is underway on what the Tajik president's official website boasts will be “Central Asia's largest theater.”
According to the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan, some 80 percent of the building has already been constructed.
The five-story building will abut the National Museum in the flagpole area.
President Emomali Rahmon laid the theater’s cornerstone on March 17, 2015. The building will include three large concert halls. The largest is reportedly projected to have a seating capacity of 2,500 and possess necessary world-class features.
Building owner and building contractor have been exempted from paying taxes. About 680 million somoni have been allocated for construction of the new theater.
Once completed, it will expand a list of ambitious projects implemented in Dushanbe. Earlier projects include what was briefly the world’s tallest flagpole, completed in 2011. Tajikistan also claims to have Central Asia’s largest library (completed in 2012), biggest museum (2013) and largest teahouse (2014).
