That leaves a $71-million funding shortfall. The city has received about $3.5 million in pledges so far it plans to raise another $10 million from well-heeled individuals and companies, and the city council's expected to approve $26 million when the time comes. The city's $110.5 million will build a 1,870-seat theater and the common areas required to make the center a focal point of downtown. Half of the university's $47.5-million tab will come from state matching funds and the rest from donors. UCF's share will include a drama theater, drama studio, music hall and classrooms. The center will be a joint effort of the University of Central Florida and the city of Orlando.
Ultimately, a culture and arts district will extend from Lock Haven Park to the East West Expressway and from Division Street to Rosalind Avenue, focusing primarily on Magnolia Avenue and punctuated by the proposed $158-million Orlando Performing Arts and Education Center. Half of that has been approved by the city the volunteer theater alliance is working to raise the rest.īut it's a modest start on a grand journey. Initially, the city and the Central Florida Theater Alliance will pump roughly $400,000 a year into providing space for artists to display their works and to create flexible theater space for performers. 23, it will be the first step in an ambitious plan to raise the profile of artists and theater companies in central Florida. When a local juried arts market opens at Church Street Station on Oct.
Later this month, the curtain will open on an effort to remake parts of downtown Orlando into a cultural corridor, chock-full of art galleries and restaurants, and anchored by a new performing arts center across the street from City Hall. Will a proposed culture and arts district draw people to Orlando's downtown by offering an appealing alternative to the theme parks?
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