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After three decades of studies, false starts and continued deterioration of the aging Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, the City of Asheville announced this morning that it will pursue a new 2,500-seat downtown performing arts center in partnership with a private company.
In a press release, the city said it’s “closer than ever to realizing a new large-scale arts and entertainment facility.” On June 24, the city signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ATG Entertainment, based in the United Kingdom, “for predevelopment work to create a public-private partnership development in the central business district,” according to the release…