Funny, I thought about the existing downtown venue as I reading this morning’s N&R article about revived talk of a new downtown performance center. Sure enough:
Greensboro leaders say it’s time the city has a first-rate downtown performance space of its own.
“From a personal perspective, it is something that needs to happen and needed to happen for a long time,” said Walker Sanders, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.
….But Keith Holliday, president and CEO of the Carolina Theatre at 310 S. Greene St., has his own location in mind.
Holliday proposes a renovation to expand the historic theater from 1,075 to 1,500 or 1,600 seats, and adding a second building next door.
“I think that 1,500 to 1,600 seats would satisfy a majority of the needs for a performing arts center in the region and do it in the much more charming place of a historic theater,” Holliday said.
Former Mayor Holliday still has some pull in this city, eh?
