This week the Salt Lake City Council voted to approve spending $18 million to plan and design a new theater for Utah. After fifteen years of meetings, planning, forums and debate, the vote was 5 to 2 to build the Utah Performing Arts Center which will probably cost over $100 million.
The Salt Lake Tribune said BECKER’S BROADWAY THEATER GETS COUNCIL BOOST
and the Deseret news ran a story under the headline SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEATER.
Main Street Site of Utah Performing Arts Center
The outcome of the council meeting was no surprise, after the Council held a public hearing last week. The testimony from citizens was overwhelmingly in favor of building a new home for the performing arts. The Tribune reported THEATER LOVERS, BUSINESS GROUPS CRAVE BROADWAY LIGHTS IN SALT LAKE CITY
Salt Lake City has taken a big step towards establishing a twenty-first century home for the performing arts, towards making a major anchor for the downtown cultural district and towards adding a crucial piece in the process of reawakening Main Street. Congratulations to Mayor Becker and everyone who has worked so hard on this project for many years.
This is great news. I agree that it just adds to what we have, not that it takes anything away from smaller theatres. I have season tickets to Broadway in Utah but also attend several shows at Hale and Pioneer Theatre. I purchased Hale’s entire season this year and Pioneer’s last year. I choose which ones to purchase based on the shows scheduled.