Show We Seek Advice on onA onA onA A Civic Auditorium The newly appointed executive committee committee com corn studying the need for a municipal auditorium in Salt Lake City has taken steps to get information on experience in other cities with such structures As its first action the committee voted to ask the new pew buildings consultant board of the International Association of Auditorium Auditorium Auditorium Audi Audi- Managers to advise Salt Lake City on on location uses size and design o of an auditorium for this city Thomas T. T raylor chairman of t the c committee s said d preliminary information information tion received indicated that most city auditoriums are operated at a direct profit in addition bringing large revenues from conventions and other meetings attracted attracted attracted at at- to a city by the availability of such a structure The experience of other cities in the construction financing and operation of municipal auditor auditoriums will prove invaluable invaluable invaluable able to Salt Lake City It should enable us tp plan wisely and work out an auditorium auditorium audi audi- project which will contribute greatly to o the city's progress It is to be hoped t this is information from the association association association tion of auditorium managers will be speedily available and that definite plans can be drawn up with a minimum of delay There is no question that Salt Lake City needs a civic auditorium f for r large public gatherings of various kinds We must have it whether it is possible to build it as a self-liquidating self project or whether it must be financed by public funds contributions or in some oth other r manner The paramount point is the need a and d the problems of financing and supporting it must not be permitted to delay or block this vital project |