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[HB]

Centre main floor row G

Tickets were $45.5 each.

 

 

You going?

[Bingo]

The 100th Anniversary Festival - May 18th - 25th, 2014

 

Victoria’s two major civic theatres, the Royal Theatre and the McPherson Playhouse, are celebrating their centennial birthdays in May 2014.

 

http://www.rm100.ca/...eatre-playhouse

 

[Sparky]

Centre main floor row G
Tickets were $45.5 each.


You going?

Oops missed your reply. How was the show?

[HB]

Construction taking place on north side of structure

[Nparker]

Has it been announced what this addition will be?

[HB]

no they have been working on it for over 1 month now it started as an excavation in the driveway

[Mike K.]

I just assumed it was for loading but now I'm not so sure. They've been working on this since June or July, I believe.

[Benezet]

The renovation was written up in the TC in April.

[HB]

So enlighten us

What did it say

[Benezet]

HVAC upgrade. The new structure will house mechanical rooms over the loading area.

http://www.timescolo...grades-1.940802

[Coreyburger]

There is a board on the container visible in this picture that describes what the reno is for.

[Bingo]

[VicHockeyFan]

Victoria is subsidizing the theatre’s operations to the tune of $10,000 a performance or $27 for every ticket sold, says Victoria Coun. Geoff Young, who is issuing a report to councillors today.

 

“I’m quite convinced that changes have to be made, primarily because the theatre just isn’t being used that much,” Young told the Times Colonist. “That’s the nub of the problem. Seventy-five performances a year means it’s dark most of the time.”

 

Victoria taxpayers typically provide McPherson with about $750,000 a year. For 2015, the theatre is projecting 27,800 paid tickets, so the city’s subsidy works out to about $27 per ticket, Young says.

 

That subsidy could be seen as being much higher if one looks at the fact that only about 28 per cent of those attending performances are from Victoria.

 

“Only about 7,800 of its 2015 paid audience will be from Victoria, which means for each Victorian paying to enjoy a performance at the Mac, Victoria taxpayers contributed some $96,” Young says in the report. “I think we need to ask whether spending this same money in other ways might produce greater benefits for our citizens.”

 

- See more at: http://www.timescolo...h.kXPMmnOF.dpuf

[aastra]

Of course the theatre needs a subsidy. There's no direct subway connection!

 

 

Like everything in the area it is not accessible. Who wants to fight though traffic and for a parking spot to see a show, it makes it a lot less appealing. You know what makes all the theaters/shows/ballets/opera/etc succeed in New York and even Montreal? The subway, plain and simple if you build a proper train/transit system people will come.

 

For those keeping score, today Victoria is a city somewhere in size between Montreal and New York.

[aastra]

Reading between the lines, is the casino going to be put here? Lots of parking in the parkade.

[Mike K.]

Gosh golly that'd actually make a lot of sense.

 

We really don't need two theatres downtown if they've sitting empty 50% of the time (or even more). The Mac and Royal can be merged into one, preferably a beautiful modern facility somewhere on the waterfront. Wouldn't that be nice?

[VicHockeyFan]

Gosh golly that'd actually make a lot of sense.

 

We really don't need two theatres downtown if they've sitting empty 50% of the time (or even more). The Mac and Royal can be merged into one, preferably a beautiful modern facility somewhere on the waterfront. Wouldn't that be nice?

 

We've dumped big cash into the Royal, I don't think it needs to be shut. 

[Benezet]

Gosh golly that'd actually make a lot of sense.

We really don't need two theatres downtown if they've sitting empty 50% of the time (or even more). The Mac and Royal can be merged into one, preferably a beautiful modern facility somewhere on the waterfront. Wouldn't that be nice?

Careful what you wish for. A concert hall can easily cost $100 million.

[Mike K.]

Well, ok maybe not $100 millin in our case, but a $25 million waterfront facility would be amazing.

We've got this incredible waterfront that we, the tax payer own a plethora of land around, which is sitting there empty save for parked vehicles.

[nagel]

What's wrong with the current Royal?