I happen to like Stage Center. I don't find it ugly and I love the theater spaces inside. I did some theater in my youth and always enjoyed going to shows there. But the building is an albatross. It's just not economically viable without massive public subsidy. How do you make a community theater go when it has $40MM in overhead to cover before it ever buys rights to a script, builds a set or pays an actor? You can't. It just won't work. That's why most community theaters are in old warehouses. The house isn't big enough to do Broadway or other large shows that generate the gate to pay for the building. And, it's not just the $40MM in reno/repurchase. It's also the operating cost and losses that have to be funded. But, the money just isn't there. So it either sits empty and unrenovated or it gets removed for something else. This is not like tearing down a beautiful old building that has the potential to be a commercial success. SC hasn't been economically viable since it was built. I don't like it, but that's the truth.