Kimmel Center Triumphantly Dug Out Of Its Lifelong Hole
Yes, in what’s being called “the largest arts bailout in the city’s history,” the Kimmel Center has bolstered its endowment and paid off its longtime construction debt with the considerable help of, well, a bunch of rich people. According to the press release, it took “a group of area philanthropies, private donors, and its banks” to wrangle up the $63.6 million, but wrangle it up they did. Who gave what is pretty dull, of course, but let’s just say Fast Eddie is involved. And for once, let’s let everyone pat each other’s backs because, y’know, it’s kinda nice to have a landmark, world-renowned arts hub that can exist without its Board looking fearfully to the skies for signs of the apocalypse. Will this newfound freedom from debt spell more adventurous (read: risky) programming at the Kimmel Center? Now THAT’s an interesting question.
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