and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation gifted $15 million to the new theater that is a joint venture between Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County. Main was made possible with financial contributions and grants totaling "27 million Yankee dollars," Eccles said. That's why I wore my Olympic tie today," Eccles said. "This is the biggest thing to hit downtown since the 2002 Winter Olympics. The planned opening of the state-of-the-art theater is fall 2016. While dignitaries unveiled the 2017 booking and gave the public its first glimpse of the new theater's branding from the top of a nearby parking terrace, construction workers were hard at work on the 2,500-seat performance hall. "I got a little carried away there," he mused. and Doré Eccles Theater's logo and the booking of "The Lion King" in spring 2017 with his own song and dance Thursday.Įccles, whose family foundation is the major contributor to the Broadway-style theater under construction in downtown Salt Lake City, broke into a verse of "The Wells Fargo Wagon" from "The Music Man" and started to tell a joke about a blind mule. With tickets for every performance of its month-long run selling out in less than four hours, the production garnered an enthusiastic 80,000+ patrons.SALT LAKE CITY - Spence Eccles celebrated the unveiling of the George S. Says Steve Boulay of the theater’s producing partner, MagicSpace Entertainment, “The Eccles far surpassed our initial hopes for its programming, attendance and economic impact!” It has garnered large audiences for musicians and speakers such as Johnny Mathis, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, David Sedaris and others, and its first two seasons of touring Broadway shows included packed houses for productions such as The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera and the landmark hit, Hamilton: An American Musical, during one of its earliest nationwide tours. The theater’s inaugural season attracted more than 350,000 patrons – unprecedented numbers even in the state of Utah where citizens attend more performing arts events than anywhere else in the nation (2016 Americans for the Arts study). In this extraordinary theater and gathering place, Utahns and visitors alike enjoy enlightening, world-class performances that open new worlds, ideas and experiences for audiences of all ages.
and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater was made possible through a public-private funding partnership led by a grant of $15 million from the George S.
October 21, 2016, marked the gala Grand Opening of downtown Salt Lake City’s new state-of-the-art George S.
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