Design Plans Unveiled For Tanger Performing Arts Center

The public is getting its first look at the design of the new Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro. City leaders unveiled the plans during a press conference Wednesday. They're hoping the center will be a catalyst for more economic development downtown.

The budget for the public-private project is estimated at around $78-million dollars. 

The center is meant to be a flexible entertainment venue that can host local artists and national Broadway performances.

The design plans will make it a focal point in downtown Greensboro with its limestone and glass facade.

Owen Covington with the Triad Business Journal says it could also serve as an economic driver for the downtown area.

 “The idea is for it to be both inviting, as well as with all of that glass be integrated into other areas that surround it, in particular, LaBauer Park that's being built nearby," says Covington. "So it's going to be part of a larger cultural hub that's being built downtown.” 

The city plans to break ground in early fall on the 3,000-seat venue. The center is slated to open in June of 2018.    

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