The reaction to the possibility of Abravanel Hall being demolished to make room for a new 'entertainment district' has been sharp — with an online petition drawing thousands of signatures, and a preservation group putting the Utah Symphony's home on a list of Utah's 'most endangered' historic sites.
An online petition has gone ‘crazy,’ its author said, while a preservation group added the landmark to a ‘most endangered’ list.
Clark said the news felt like a “kind of betrayal” to him. “It’s important to me that it’s preserved,” he said.. It attracted more than 3,400 signatures within the first 24 hours. By Monday morning, more than 10,000 people had signed.“A lot of this is a very emotional topic for some people, because both these forms of entertainment for me are just as valuable as one another,” Clark said, adding that he “thoroughly believes” that both entertainment forms — hockey and the symphony — can coexist.
Attending the symphony, she said, is something passed down in her extended family. Her husband, Jake, often went with his grandmother when he was a kid. Eiting said his grandmother has been taking her grandkids there for 20 years — and the Eitings “paid back the favor” by taking her to the symphony for her 89th birthday.
Abravanel Hall, he said, “is the center of performing arts in Utah. People’s livelihoods are at stake if it is torn down. Right now, I think we need to focus on bringing awareness to the issue because it’s up to the county to decide whether they demolish it or not. I also want Ryan Smith to know that we can both win: You can have your way and we can have our way, too.”
Elected leaders, Brosvik said in the statement, “have all expressed their support for and recognition of the value of the arts in Utah, as well as their commitment to ensuring that an outstanding hall for the Utah Symphony is a top priority.” Brosvik specifically mentioned Wilson, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Gov. Spencer Cox.
Plans for the Salt Palace, built in 1969, included a concert hall just to the north. But when construction bids came in about $4 million higher than architects’ estimates, Obert C. Tanner — the jewelry magnate who sat on the symphony’s board and chaired the commission charged with building the hall — “reluctantly” agreed to stop the building proposal, “reserving our plans to use the location … when funds might be available,” he wrote.
Long-Time Utah Symphony conductor Maurice Abravanel with his successor, Varoujan Kodjian, in November 1979.
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