With Tuesday’s decision by members of the Salt Lake City Council to discount the city’s $4.07 million sales price for the old performance hall and 0.89 acres to zero dollars, the script for the Utah Theater’s final curtain call is now being written.
That 5-2 vote has all but extinguished long-standing hopes of some to restore and preserve the former Pantages Theater, built in 1919. Barring the unforeseen, a go-ahead for its demolition could be less than a year away.
RDA spokeswoman Amanda Greenland said Friday co-developers Hines and LaSalle will now focus on design work for the 30-story residential skyscraper they are planning to build at the 144 S. Main St. locale once the sales goes through and the dilapidated theater is razed.
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