Arts Groups Lament Sale of Theatre to Church

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Originally Posted by Porfiry

No, I assumed they are different things entirely. I assume a theatre for performance art is not the same thing as a concert hall. The concert hall society is pretty explicit in their expectations: "a new purpose-built Concert Hall". In their view, the performing music in "multi-purpose" or "converted" spaces is precisely the situation they wish to escape. Repurposing another space does not advance their situation one bit.

Oh I see, so you're against spending public money to buy the theatre, but OK with spending public money to spoonfeed a brand new concert hall to the concert hall society. Gotcha, perfectly consistent.