The city of Saint Paul held an open house for the renovated theater today. The project went years longer than originally scheduled, and the final cost was $15.6 million — far more than anticipated. Mayor Chris Coleman ran into enormous resistance from the city council on this project, and he deserves credit for sticking to his guns. It’s a great intermediate live-music space. It’s bigger than venues like First Avenue, the Fitzgerald and the Cedar, and smaller than XCel Energy Center and similar arenas. Regina Spektor is the first act booked for the new space, and she’ll be there in March 2017. I’m very happy that this beautiful space has been restored.
The city of Saint Paul held an open house for the renovated theater today. The project went years longer than originally scheduled, and the final cost was $15.6 million — far more than anticipated. Mayor Chris Coleman ran into enormous resistance from the city council on this project, and he deserves credit for sticking to his guns. It’s a great intermediate live-music space. It’s bigger than venues like First Avenue, the Fitzgerald and the Cedar, and smaller than XCel Energy Center and similar arenas. Regina Spektor is the first act booked for the new space, and she’ll be there in March 2017. I’m very happy that this beautiful space has been restored.