| Show Salt Lake is looking fora for a Real change of face Sam Cooper Community ty Editor Something new is in the air across the Wasatch Front No its it's not the lake effect or the chants of protestors outside Temple Square Its It's a fresh breeze blowing in its it's a bit of change Through a series of multimillion multimillion multimillion multi- multi million dollar projects Salt Lake lawmakers seek to reinvigorate reinvigorate reinvigorate rein- rein the city and add a little little little lit lit- tle culture at the same time A proposal for a 50 million performing performing per per- forming arts center downtown and an million soccer stadium in Sandy are currently being debated among Utah Other projects including the redevelopment of the downtown malls by the church and line extensions are already in motion For many change may be a good thing though new development may not be enough to alter Utah's sq square are image What Salt Lake really needs is a purpose multi-purpose venue said David Brower South City Academic Coordinator who lives and works downtown A real nightlife would be nice Next they could reform our crazy liquor laws Many hope the proposed downtown arts district will elevate elevate elevate ele ele- vate the city in the eyes of art connoisseurs and performers across America and attract vis vis- vis- vis They believe the city is in need of a performing arts center center center cen cen- ter to bring it to the metropolitan tan status of other western cities such as Portland and Denver The cornerstone of the I project would be a massive theatre theatre theatre the the- atre modeled after the Lincoln Center in New York Planners hope for at least 2500 seats and the capacity to host major Broadway shows like Les Facelift continued on page 3 y 1 C 1 Jl i i ry J w N f I. I w if S n r 5 G r Y 5 h J l w a E Ja l Sr d w r AY a r h r r i 1 r 1 I l 1 varne t ti i y mi r Photo By Sam Cooper With talks of a new soccer stadium s and an air art center near downtown n Salt S a It Lake County may be he changing e h anglO g its direction d. d t. t 10 n culturally and socially though h current p plans ans are getting mixed reviews Salt Lake City may soon get a Facelift continued from front page and Cats In addition addition addition addi addi- tion planners would like to see a large outdoor venue for summer concerts and performances Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson suggested the center be built on the empty block between the Salt Lake Courthouse and the Sheraton hotel Regardless both proposals are area area a long way from actualization The proposal for the soccer stadium may have enough votes to pass the Salt Lake County Council this week though Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon may veto the plan as he did previously He sees the issue as a conflict between who gets what when and how Mayor Andersons Anderson's goal is to improve downtown Mayor Tom Dolans Dolan's goal is to improve Sandy My goal is to improve the entire county Corroon said in inan inan inan an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune I have to look at the big picture The stadium developer has proposed a use mixed-use commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial area around the stadium that many see as superfluous This has led to increased controversy surrounding the proposal which may be funded by an increase in inthe inthe inthe the hotel tax as well as money from the Redevelopment Agency Many Salt Lake residents residents residents resi resi- dents including Mayor Anderson see the building of the stadium in Sandy as a mistake It doesn't make it very Real Salt Lake if the stadium is in Sandy said Brower |
