Ken Hall lays out the community's performance space needs
In a response to the decision made by city council during the Dec. 16 city council meeting to go with Option 2 of the Civic Core Plan, PGSO’s executive director Ken Hall wrote a letter to mayor and council.
Hall wrote that he had a couple of thoughts about the space that was designated as a future performing arts centre, mentioning a separate plan drawn up by Mayor Simon Yu. “There are fundamental differences not just in the size, but in the stage design, construction materials, room dimensions, lighting, acoustic design, wing size, need for a fly tower, etc., that must be taken into account for each potential user group,” Hall wrote in his letter.
“One of the things that I’ve been saying and some of my colleagues have been saying is wouldn’t a thousand-seat beautiful concert hall make a great keynote space for the convention centre,” Hall said. “I know the mayor was very passionate about saying we need to expand the conference centre and I can agree with that but I think part of that expansion is the performing arts centre.”
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