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Old 10-25-2010, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ijusluvit View Post
The posts by njblue and njbchbum are very realistic. As wonderful as it is to dream of hosting the most glamorous performers, the TV market is not big enough to support that facility 'identity' over the long term. PALMS needs to scale down their thinking to accept market reality.
I think so too. Tony Bennett and the like! That seems overly ambitious for our size town. Even in major cities, performing arts centers that attract that level of talent struggle to survive, and almost always end up subsidized with tax money. I love the idea of upgrading from Savannah! But let's be realistic. I don't mind driving to Orlando to see a Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, et. al. Show me the numbers that say a town of 100,000 people can support that. Show me some examples.