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<br />.Comparing three arts centers
<br />t:. Hopkins
<br />t :enter for tl~e Arts
<br />~~ 1.9{)7: year opened
<br />203,100: visitors
<br />4t'i3: arts e~-ents (Stages Theatre, author
<br />lectures, dance recitals, concerts by Rita
<br />Coolidge, Neal & Leandro}
<br />232: non-arts events (reunions, Rotary,
<br />seminars, etc.}
<br />Features: 716-seat theater, 186-seat black-
<br />l?ox theater, dance studio, classrooms
<br />2 ~ -full-time equivalent staff
<br />Revie~~: Spacious, good. sightlines, as
<br />intimate as the Guthrie, sound system could
<br />be upgraded. Pre-concert social hour on
<br />'I'uesdati=-night series is a delightful bonus.
<br />2003: year opened
<br />C:;enter far the Arts
<br />105,000; visitors
<br />1K8: arts events (Bloomington (:'ivic Theatre,
<br />Continental Ballet Company, concerts by
<br />Tonic Sol-Fa, Rcibert Robinson and ~~'loroe
<br />Crossing, 14 rotating gallery exhibits},
<br />countless non-arts events (meetings, fan~~ers
<br />market, receptions, seminars; e~rorkshops}
<br />Features: 366-seat theater, 120-seat back-
<br />box theater, dance studios, art gallery,
<br />classrooms, farmers market, City Council
<br />chambers, cableWTV studio, TATS in lcibby
<br />4: full-time equivalent staff
<br />Revie`~-: Easy-to-.find destinations in a big
<br />buildi~ig, terrific intimacy but still plenty of
<br />seats, good sightlin.es, hne fit for theater,
<br />music and dance.
<br />3. Burnsville
<br />Performing Arts Center
<br />2001): year opened
<br /> 2.:Bloomingtan 51..452: visitors
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