![]() ![]() "This is going to be one of the coolest rock, theatrical venues in the country," Blumenfeld said. On a recent tour of the property, all funding partner Billy Procida would say was that it will be one of the "nation's biggest concert promoters." 27, 2016 The all-consuming, mystifying love story at the core of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde unfolds against a medieval tale of war between Cornwall and Ireland. In three to six months, he'll reveal the new tenant for the theater's, well, sixth chance. The church has since vacated the property, and Blumenfeld says that soon, people can expect to see some life at the long-forgotten theater of the Gilded Age. In 2013, Blumenfeld and the Holy Ghost Headquarters Church bought the historic theater in 2013 for a buck. Today, it's now in the hands of Eric Blumenfeld, the same developer who is behind the ongoing $44 million restoration of the Divine Lorraine just three blocks away. Over the years it's served as a movie theater, circus venue, ballroom, and most recently, a church. After some time Hammerstein I fell into debt and sold the property, which then went through a number of owners. McElfatrick, it sat some 4,000 people, becoming the largest theater of its kind in the world. The Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House was built in 1908 by Oscar Hammerstein I, the grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II. The opera house? On a recent visit to the theater, a passerby said, "This is the first time I've ever noticed that building." A week later, another man said, "Is someone actually doing something with this building? What is it?" ![]()
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