From the 2008 report of activities of CIE, OCESA’s parent company:
OCESA is involved in litigation with relation of the rent contract with the owner of the Teatro Orfeon. OCESA invested $30,000 (historic pesos) in the renovation of the theater. In opinion of the Company Administration Board and of the external legal advisers of OCESA who handle the case, there are high possibilities that the suit will resolve in the better interests of the Company. Even though there has been no changes on the status of the trial for the past two years. The current state of the trial allows OCESA to hold events on the venue, however the Company Administration Board has determined that no event shall be hosted on the venue until there is a final resolution of the legal process.
When the Teatro Orfeon was renovated OCESA purchased a lot behind the screen end of the building and added it to the actual building. In this lot they build the actual stage and other facilities needed to use the building as a live performance venue. When OCESA and the owner of the Teatro Orfeon (Mr. Reyero) went into litigation the stage and the front-house building were separated again, rendering unusable both buildings. In fact the production of The Beauty and the Beast closed down because of this legal issues.
It is important to mention that Disney never involved on the actual renovation of the building, their involvement was purely because of the actual theater production, and they only provided mild advice on the actual theater equipment.
The current state of the venue is deplorable, since 1998 it has received no maintenance at all and you can even still see the Beauty and the Beast marquee as used back in ‘98. Because the building and the stage were different buildings and they were later separated again, there are several issues with water leaking into the front of the house, causing real damage through each rain season.
The plans of OCESA are that as soon as they gain full control over the building they want to re-renovate the building and re-open it to a production of The Lion King. However the when of this is still lost in the air.
From the 2008 report of activities of CIE, OCESA’s parent company:
OCESA is involved in litigation with relation of the rent contract with the owner of the Teatro Orfeon. OCESA invested $30,000 (historic pesos) in the renovation of the theater. In opinion of the Company Administration Board and of the external legal advisers of OCESA who handle the case, there are high possibilities that the suit will resolve in the better interests of the Company. Even though there has been no changes on the status of the trial for the past two years. The current state of the trial allows OCESA to hold events on the venue, however the Company Administration Board has determined that no event shall be hosted on the venue until there is a final resolution of the legal process.
When the Teatro Orfeon was renovated OCESA purchased a lot behind the screen end of the building and added it to the actual building. In this lot they build the actual stage and other facilities needed to use the building as a live performance venue. When OCESA and the owner of the Teatro Orfeon (Mr. Reyero) went into litigation the stage and the front-house building were separated again, rendering unusable both buildings. In fact the production of The Beauty and the Beast closed down because of this legal issues.
It is important to mention that Disney never involved on the actual renovation of the building, their involvement was purely because of the actual theater production, and they only provided mild advice on the actual theater equipment.
The current state of the venue is deplorable, since 1998 it has received no maintenance at all and you can even still see the Beauty and the Beast marquee as used back in ‘98. Because the building and the stage were different buildings and they were later separated again, there are several issues with water leaking into the front of the house, causing real damage through each rain season.
The plans of OCESA are that as soon as they gain full control over the building they want to re-renovate the building and re-open it to a production of The Lion King. However the when of this is still lost in the air.