“The San Diego Symphony won unanimous approval Tuesday to move forward with a $25 million, 10,000-seat waterfront concert venue on San Diego Bay,” reports Roger Showley in Tuesday’s (1/12) San Diego Union Tribune. “The San Diego Unified Port District board authorized negotiations to work out a 66-year lease for the 3.6 acres the symphony currently occupies each summer on Embarcadero Marina Park South for its outdoor pops concerts.… Instead of a stage that must be set up and torn down each summer, the permanent facility would include a 4,800-square-foot stage large enough to house all the symphony musicians and covered by an acoustic bandshell.… Symphony CEO Martha Gilmer said the facility would represent a ‘gift to the tidelands and the entire San Diego region.’ … The capacity could range from about 2,700 to as many 10,000 seats.… The project, projected to cost between $20 million and $25 million, is currently referred to as the ‘San Diego Symphony Bayside Performance Center.’ … The symphony, which has occupied the desired site on a summer-by-summer basis since 2004, would like to start construction in October so the permanent facility could be in place by June 2017.”
Posted January 13, 2016
Pictured: Aerial photo illustration of the proposed San Diego Symphony Bayside Performance Center at Embarcadero Marina Park South
