Mayor Ralph Becker now has $18 million reasons to believe his bid to build a new performing arts center downtown will be successful.
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, a planned 2,500-seat theater capable of hosting first-run touring Broadway shows.
City officials say it will cost $15 million to design the theater. (FULL ARTICLE: Jared Page, Deseret News)