Lehi City Arts Center
Lehi, Utah
After the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History moved to the Memorial Building in 1996, the former museum was renovated and reopened as the Lehi City Arts Center. Limited by its 100-seat auditorium with a combined green and dressing room, the Lehi Arts Council announced plans in 1998 for a new performing arts complex with a 1,800 seat Broadway theater, a smaller 248-seat theater, and a theater-in-the-round. Pledges were secured for $6 million of the necessary $15 million, but fund-raising grew difficult due to competition from other Utah County arts initiatives and the 2002 Winter Olympics Games. In 2003, Lehi City unveiled a $150,000 renovation of the existing arts center.
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25 Years Ago Today
Salt Lake Telegram, 20 June 1952, page 10
From the Telegram of June 20, 1927
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Construction of the Tower Theater, designed to seat 500 persons, near the intersection of 9th South and 9th East, was about to begin. Earl D. Smith, manager, National Theater Supply Co., planned to invest $25,000 in the show house.
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