Twelve years of news coverage of efforts to build
this new performing arts center

Becker’s Broadway theater gets council boost (12/7/11)
Touring Broadway plays soon may land in a new home on Main Street.

Salt Lake City Council votes to move forward with theater (12/6/11)
The Salt Lake City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to issue up to $18 million in bonds to design the Utah Performing Arts Center

Theater lovers, business groups crave Broadway lights in SLC (11/22/11)
The time has come, a group of theater lovers, promoters and business executives told the City Council during a lopsided public hearing

SLC’s planned Broadway theater is getting
down to business. (11/17/10)
Developers of the proposed $88 million to $98 million playhouse unmasked plans Tuesday for a nearby office high-rise

Is it curtains for SLC’s Broadway-style theater? (9/6/10)
Despite the recession, Mayor Becker is committed to raising the curtain on a 2,400-seat, Broadway-style theater.

Sandy gives regrets to Broadway, seeks bigger fish (1/14/10)
Abondons plans for big theater, concentrates on aquarium.

SLC set to move on Broadway theater (10/13/09) The Redevelopment Agency could sign contracts with developers today.

Something Wicked This Way Comes (7/29/09) Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker's personal shoe-leather research has given him a clear vision of what he wants downtown to look like in three years.

Utah Theater to house film center (7/15/09) Salt Lake City's Redevelopment Agency agreed Tuesday to buy the historic Utah Theater and neighboring retail spaces for $7 million.

Salt Lake City RDA plans to buy Utah Theater property (7/14/09)
The Salt Lake City Council approved a $7 million plan to purchase the property at 156 S. Main.

Theater plans may be scaled back (6/18/09)
The Proscenium development in Sandy announced plans for a small sales office, but the developer said a theater, if built, could be just big enough for regional plays and events.

Two builders offer proposals for S.L. theater project (5/29/09)
The city's Redevelopment Agency received two proposals to build a Broadway-style theater downtown.

Two firms bid on Broadway-class theater (5/28/09)
Library architect Moshe Safdie among list of heavyweights seeking downtown project.

S.L. County OKs cultural blueprint (4/8/09)
If Salt Lake County is able to follow its new master plan,
arts lovers could see cultural hubs in the suburbs

Downtown Salt Lake City Proposed Arts and Cultural District (2008)
Report from the Downtown Alliance

Sandy Decides It Won't Own or Run Theater (11/12/08)
Money that would have gone into a lease-to-own arrangement for the Proscenium theater will be spent on infrastructure for the $600 million project.

Cities in Theater Race Dismiss County Study (11/6/08)
The two cities auditioning for the role of Broadway-style theater host are dismissing a Salt Lake County arts study as irrelevant.

Plans for SLC Broadway-class theater includes other arts groups (10/17/08)
Salt Lake City has choreographed how to finance downtown's Broadway-class theater

Many are questioning necessity of Salt Lake theater (10/17/08)
To build or not to build? That still seems to be the question

Salt Lake City: Our theater will be on Main (10/16/08)
Salt Lake City plans to bring Broadway to Main Street.

Sandy council members wary of theater funding (10/16/08)
Some Sandy Council members would like to drop a curtain on plans for a new theater

New theater is coming to Regent Street (10/16/08)
Salt Lake City plans to build a 2,400-seat theater capable of hosting first-run touring Broadway shows on the former Newspaper Agency Corp. press site

Theater “unparalleled” Asset (10/16/08)
Salt Lake City literally rolled out the red carpet to announce plans for the Utah Performance Center on Main Street