The Celestia Theater is doing more than filling seats, it’s bringing people into Wadsworth and sending them into local restaurants, shops, hotels and gas stations along the way.
The Wadsworth Square Foundation says the historic theater welcomed about 36,000 ticketed guests during the first eight months of its current programming period, generating roughly $950,000 in ticket revenue.
What may stand out most is where those guests are coming from. About 69% of ticket buyers live outside Medina County, showing the theater is becoming a regional draw rather than simply a local entertainment venue…