Performing arts centre

ROTHENBURGER – Five hurdles the performing arts centre must cross

January 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT’S A PRETTY SAFE assumption that another referendum on a performing arts centre is in the cards. The challenge will be to get it over the 50 per cent threshold. Since the [Continue]

BEPPLE – Accessibility should be big consideration with new arts theatre

January 9, 2019 // 9 Comments

WOW. KAMLOOPS could have a new performing arts centre in the heart of the downtown. Tuesday, Jan 8, Ron Fawcett presented Kamloops Council with a vision of what could be [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Ask not how to make PAC plan fail, but how to make it succeed

January 9, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WOULD BE very easy to poke holes in the new proposal for a performing arts centre unveiled on Tuesday. There are a lot of questions to be [Continue]

THE ARTS – New $70-million proposal for performing arts centre unveiled

January 8, 2019 // 16 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER ArmchairMayor.ca A somewhat scaled-down — in terms of cost — but ambitious proposal for a $70-million performing arts centre was presented to [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT – We already have enough theatres in Kamloops

October 6, 2018 // 13 Comments

Why do we keep going back to this PAC idea? They are expensive to build, expensive to operate and expensive to maintain and repair. Local artists and arts groups are unable [Continue]

McQUARRIE – More discussion about City Hall and the performing arts centre

September 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

A FEW WEEKS AG0, I asked readers to let me know what was on their minds regarding the upcoming City Election. What were the questions needing answers? We know from past [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If 4th Avenue is in, what about the performing arts centre?

August 29, 2018 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TIMES when I have hope for City of Kamloops planners. A report on Phase 2 of the Downtown Plan process was released on Tuesday and [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Performing Arts Centre – the sequel

November 28, 2017 // 3 Comments

LET’S START this week’s blog with a bold statement. Something along the lines of, ‘the performing arts centre (PAC) does not belong, nor is it needed in the [Continue]

Cost of arts centre vote questioned

June 16, 2015 // 6 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS A $160,000 price tag for November’s performing arts centre referendum ballot was run through a wringer by some councillors on Tuesday but emerged unchanged. [Continue]

Public to vote on arts centre Nov. 7

May 26, 2015 // 3 Comments

NEWS/ ARTS — Kamloops residents will vote Saturday, Nov. 7 on whether to borrow $49 million to design and build a performing arts centre with an underground parkade. City [Continue]

CHRISTIAN — Predictable backlash to arts centre price tag

May 12, 2015 // 5 Comments

By COUN. KEN CHRISTIAN FROM CITY HALL (COLUMN) — There has been a predictable backlash to the sticker price of the performing-arts centre (PAC) proposed for the old [Continue]

Arts centre vote may be set soon

May 3, 2015 // 4 Comments

NEWS/ ARTS CENTRE — A date for a referendum on the proposed $90-million performing arts centre may be set by the end of the month. In the meantime, another $90,000 will be [Continue]

Arts centre input – it’s about money

April 18, 2015 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ ARTS — Saturday’s public-input session on the $90-million performing arts centre proposal was a little bit about design, parking and theatre size but it was [Continue]

ISSUES —Is plan for performing arts centre way too much, way too late?

April 10, 2015 // 18 Comments

ISSUES — The plan — more like a sketch — for a performing arts centre unveiled this week confirms the cost of procrastination. At $90 million, it’s six times the [Continue]