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Home » Theater News » Baltimore offers $320,000 to keep Senator open as a nonprofit

Baltimore offers $320,000 to keep Senator open as a nonprofit

posted by Michael Zoldessy on January 30, 2009 at 8:00am

BALTIMORE, MD — The city of Baltimore is offering up money to keep the Senator Theatre going, but the owner will have to turn it into a nonprofit.

Not wanting to see the Senator Theatre closed on their watch, city officials are offering $320,000 to keep it open - provided the 70-year-old movie house is turned into a nonprofit business.

“The Senator Theatre is a Baltimore icon,” Deputy Baltimore Mayor Andrew Frank said yesterday. “It’s ingrained in the psychology of Baltimore. ... Its closing would be felt in ways that would be manifest throughout the community."

Read more in the Baltimore Sun.

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What a shame..................
posted by longislandmovies on Jan 30, 2009 at 8:07am
Let's all wish the Senator the BEST.
posted by HowardBHaas on Jan 30, 2009 at 10:23am
Hoooray! Whether its a losing business for-profit, or break-even non-for-profit, its good the theater will stay open. I'm looking forward to watching movie blockbusters and other fare there this summer season.
posted by JodarMovieFan on Jan 30, 2009 at 10:54am
Although I don't reside in the Baltimore area, I, too wish the Senator Theatre and its staff the best in keeping it open.
posted by MPol on Jan 30, 2009 at 11:41am
Why can't the city give the "no-interst loan" without the demand for the theatre be turned over to a nonprofit. Doesn't the city fund economic development projects? This seems a bit wacky.

JodarMF shouldn't cheer just yet. This is far from a done deal and even if granted is not necessarily a long-term solution.

posted by WGTRay on Jan 30, 2009 at 11:41am
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