Making Urban Living more livable.
The Community Center &
Theater is underutilized and has ADA issues, especially around the exterior,
AND, as the DT core gets re-invigorated, CC&T will get further out of step
with the times. Some of Sacramento’s business leaders have been looking to
the future and considering alternatives.
Those alternatives at present are: 1) make do 2) look for a new site, 3)
do a makeover in place. What might be called the ugly, the bad and
the good! This blog looks at the “make
do” and the “new site” options; part two will look at the “make over”
alternative.
MAKE DO. (The ugly?) What’s
wrong with the way it is? Many are
saying that the Community Center, (AKA the Convention Center), is just not competitive
for visiting conventions and shows. And
the Theater is outdated for modern performances fitting for a region of our
size. The city may even be losing
patrons to Folsom’s Harris Center for the Arts or Davis’ Mondavi Center. And Sacramento is losing trade show business
to San Jose and San Diego who have modern convention facilities. That, plus a lack of adequate hotel room space
means we are losing visitors and the revenue they generate. Plus the locals may have a lower level of
performing arts than is possible. Yes we
can make do; and continue to loose revenue and enlightenment opportunities.
A NEW LOCATON. (the bad?)
Another idea is to simply look for
a new place to build a modern Community Center and Theater. But it seems to me that the present location,
virtually across from the Capital and centered between Downtown and Midtown IS
the ideal location. A new site may not be the best approach what with land
acquisition and building costs; plus if that new site where in the DT core it may
take an opportunity away from building something else new and exciting that
people would want to go to. Another draw
to our core! Admittedly, my perspective
is perhaps a bit skewed since I come from a city where the town hall was reputedly
rebuilt in the 1200’s but it appears
to just make more sense to me to reuse (and re purpose) what we already have.
Next up: A MAKE OVER – SCRAPE verses
SCRAP (the good?)… Proposals to “Re purpose” the existing Community Center
and Theater…
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