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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Sandy to buy land that was planned for Proscenium
Deseret News, 22 September 2009
Article Summary:
- plans for the Proscenium development have been scraped due to the developer's funding drying up
- Sandy City plans to purchase the 5 acres from Scott McQuarrie for $5 million, then lease to a developer
- the land appraised at $8.7 million in December 2008, but was revised to $5.5 million last month
- the original Proscenium plans called for 40-story, 600-foot towers
- new plans could still include a theater, apartments, condominiums, or commercial development
