2wealfth Man said:
So many live music venues around make it hard to compete. Especially when these venues have newer tech, etc. I honestly don't know haw all these venues are going to fill dates.
2wealfth Man said:
So many live music venues around make it hard to compete. Especially when these venues have newer tech, etc. I honestly don't know haw all these venues are going to fill dates.
Spaceship said:
Such sad news, the Granada was a cool anchor in that part of Dallas. And turning it into a spa of all things is insulting. Can't wait for The Kessler to be converted to a UPS store next.
80085 said:
this is a bummer. First Gypsy Tea Room, now Granada.
I blame the transplants building all the disgusting houses in the area. They probably want a NY chain spa
edit: this isnt an attendance issue or performer availability issue. this is owners doing a land deal with 0 Fs given for what happens next
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/granada-theater-dallas-concert-venue-bathhouse-22487887.php
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"There had been interest before; offers, even, usually from developers waving heavy checks, hoping to bulldoze history and replace it with a high-rise. To which, time and again, the couple said no.
"They just wanted the dirt," Mike Schoder said of those on-and-off-again offers as he sat alongside his partner of 25 years, Julia Garton..."They wanted to scrape everything..."we've been approached for a long time ever since we've had it, really. Our main focus was to try to find someone else to do what we do." But they couldn't.
walton91 said:80085 said:
this is a bummer. First Gypsy Tea Room, now Granada.
I blame the transplants building all the disgusting houses in the area. They probably want a NY chain spa
edit: this isnt an attendance issue or performer availability issue. this is owners doing a land deal with 0 Fs given for what happens next
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/granada-theater-dallas-concert-venue-bathhouse-22487887.php
This is not exactly true. Below is from the article you posted.Quote:
"There had been interest before; offers, even, usually from developers waving heavy checks, hoping to bulldoze history and replace it with a high-rise. To which, time and again, the couple said no.
"They just wanted the dirt," Mike Schoder said of those on-and-off-again offers as he sat alongside his partner of 25 years, Julia Garton..."They wanted to scrape everything..."we've been approached for a long time ever since we've had it, really. Our main focus was to try to find someone else to do what we do." But they couldn't.
walton91 said:
Completely agree. That stretch of Greenville is taking a pretty big hit to its character. If it had been vacant for a couple of years, different story, but losing an active neighborhood live music venue in favor of a spa just seems bizzare.
Trajan88 said:
A spa?
What the hell is going on on Greenville and the M Streets!?
Trajan88 said:
A spa?
What the hell is going on on Greenville and the M Streets!?
double aught said:
Alley garages for the win.
Boat Shoes said:
Im glad they arent tearing down the structure but a bathhouse? I mean, come on.
powerbelly said:double aught said:
Alley garages for the win.
It's the only way to live.
drewser95 said:
Good point. Or could blame it on asbestos, foundation, roof, etc.
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I blame the transplants building all the disgusting houses in the area.
drewser95 said:Boat Shoes said:
Im glad they arent tearing down the structure but a bathhouse? I mean, come on.
Sounds like the current owners/sellers were willing to wait for the right buyer to come along who wasn't going to tear it down (they had apparently turned down several offers from developers in the past).
My concern is that when (not if) this "spa" fails, what is to keep those owners (or the lender) from selling to the highest bidder, regardless of their intent to preserve the building or not.
