I see that Paul Warshauer just couldn’t resist going back to the city council to cry about what he believes is a lack of progress in the restoration. Of course, he’s been out of the loop for over 9 months and has no clue what progress is happening or has happened. He’s just itching to get onto the Fine Arts commission. To bad Liz Corey wasn’t there to give him another smack down like she did last year.
I see Grand Venues moved again. It appears it’s being run out of an apartment now.
The Daily Herald and the Wheaton Sun are reporting today that DuPage Circuit Judge Hollis Webster has dismissed a final count in a lawsuit against the Wheaton Grand Theater. Grande Venues filed a suit for $100,000 against the Wheaton Grand Theater for breach of contract and non-payment for work after their contract was terminated in early 2005. Grande Venues has 30 days to appeal the decision.
Please don’t mess up the board by getting into a flame war with Paul. If you really want to do that call him up or flame away at Or go to grandevenues.com, find out where he works and tell him in person.
The property belongs to the theater. If the theater chose not to renew the lease then that is their right as a property owner. If the people at the travel agency were that unhappy then I think they would be glad to be out of the space and into a new space that has a sink, separate meters, etc. I’m not sure what the issue is other than some damaged equipment which they either should be compensated for or submitted to thier insurance company.
And what about your negative headlines, Paul? If I were you I think I would focus on my negative headlines before I started focusing on the headlines of others.
Sure…it was well balanced when you take the emotions out of it.
When you put the emotions back into it, Grand Venues looks evil with their digusting and vile Project Appendix and their planned coup. I know I’m disgusted.
So let’s say that GVI is chosen to restore and run the theater. And let’s say that GVI was able to market the grants to get the 1.75 million dollars. How does GVI propose to pay off the the other 2.35 million dollars loan for restoration and how long would that take to happen? We’re all pretty sure that GVI doesn’t have 2 million dollars burning a hole in their pocket. It doesn’t sound like GVI has plans to market subscriptions. And what guarantee does the community have that GVI’s plan would be any more successful as Shepardson’s? Thanks.
Wheaton Grand has ‘been there, done that’ with the three movie theater concept. That’s why it is in the state it’s in now. No owner could make a profit showing movies. And with the division beams and cables through the dome it now makes it much more expensive to restore thanks to that little plan. If that isn’t enough then reconsider the closing of the Rice. If they couldn’t make money with their modern new theater how is the Wheaton Grand going to do it?
My understanding of the Shepardson plan is that Wheaton Drama would get the plays and the theater would pretty much pick up everything else. If there is some crossover then all the better.
The Hip Hop Extravaganza has been at the Wheaton Grand Theater before. So I don’t understand how it can be stated that it is fear of the Hip Hop community.
OK…so additional security is formed at the event. What do you propose? Metal detectors at the front entrance? What if the tightened security didn’t work and gang related violence did occur? (You don’t know for a fact that no one at the theater would have been hurt if gang retaliation did occur.) How is that going to be perceived to the community and to the theater? Face it…the project would be doomed!
It doesn’t always require professionals to run a theater! Matter of fact, learning to run a theater is what helps one become a professional. I imagine that you weren’t a professional when you started out in this business but you went forward, you learned and now you do it for a living. I’m really tired of hearing this.
In the end I think the 3 theater concept is great for the short term but not ideal for the long term. What happens if the 3 theater plan fails to generate profit? What happens if GVI decides to hang it up if it does run / get the theater? A new board is formed and it will more than likely try to restore it to one large theater or no board is created and the theater will face the wrecking ball. My bet is making one it one large theater as it has a chance of surviving in the long term.
I see that Paul Warshauer just couldn’t resist going back to the city council to cry about what he believes is a lack of progress in the restoration. Of course, he’s been out of the loop for over 9 months and has no clue what progress is happening or has happened. He’s just itching to get onto the Fine Arts commission. To bad Liz Corey wasn’t there to give him another smack down like she did last year.
I see Grand Venues moved again. It appears it’s being run out of an apartment now.
The Daily Herald and the Wheaton Sun are reporting today that DuPage Circuit Judge Hollis Webster has dismissed a final count in a lawsuit against the Wheaton Grand Theater. Grande Venues filed a suit for $100,000 against the Wheaton Grand Theater for breach of contract and non-payment for work after their contract was terminated in early 2005. Grande Venues has 30 days to appeal the decision.
Nice article on the Wheaton Sun News Website.
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Highlights where they are, where they have been and where they are going.
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Please don’t mess up the board by getting into a flame war with Paul. If you really want to do that call him up or flame away at Or go to grandevenues.com, find out where he works and tell him in person.
Sounds like a plan to me, Mr Novelli. Do you think you could get Paul to sign on to your plan as well? This used to be such a nice, quiet board.
The property belongs to the theater. If the theater chose not to renew the lease then that is their right as a property owner. If the people at the travel agency were that unhappy then I think they would be glad to be out of the space and into a new space that has a sink, separate meters, etc. I’m not sure what the issue is other than some damaged equipment which they either should be compensated for or submitted to thier insurance company.
And what about your negative headlines, Paul? If I were you I think I would focus on my negative headlines before I started focusing on the headlines of others.
Sure…it was well balanced when you take the emotions out of it.
When you put the emotions back into it, Grand Venues looks evil with their digusting and vile Project Appendix and their planned coup. I know I’m disgusted.
Paul-
No attacks? You first.
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With that kind of attitude I don’t understand how you expect to stay in business. A classy professional would have congratulated the Wheaton Grand and moved on without condescending remarks. All of these comments are searchable on the Internet. When you make a business proposition and show them your resumé in the next town to run/restore a theater all of this information is available for the reading. Don’t you think that the prospective client is going to do a search on the Internet? Don’t you think that they will have second thoughts about hiring your company when they read the kind of statements you post here on this site? You can keep posting…it’s a free country. But in the end you are only hurting yourself and your business.
More controversy for Warshauer and Novelli II
Here is one from Saturday, Sept 10.
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More controversy for Warshauer and Novelli.
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So let’s say that GVI is chosen to restore and run the theater. And let’s say that GVI was able to market the grants to get the 1.75 million dollars. How does GVI propose to pay off the the other 2.35 million dollars loan for restoration and how long would that take to happen? We’re all pretty sure that GVI doesn’t have 2 million dollars burning a hole in their pocket. It doesn’t sound like GVI has plans to market subscriptions. And what guarantee does the community have that GVI’s plan would be any more successful as Shepardson’s? Thanks.
Wheaton Grand has ‘been there, done that’ with the three movie theater concept. That’s why it is in the state it’s in now. No owner could make a profit showing movies. And with the division beams and cables through the dome it now makes it much more expensive to restore thanks to that little plan. If that isn’t enough then reconsider the closing of the Rice. If they couldn’t make money with their modern new theater how is the Wheaton Grand going to do it?
My understanding of the Shepardson plan is that Wheaton Drama would get the plays and the theater would pretty much pick up everything else. If there is some crossover then all the better.
Paul,
Who were the people that were not allowed into the meeting?
The Hip Hop Extravaganza has been at the Wheaton Grand Theater before. So I don’t understand how it can be stated that it is fear of the Hip Hop community.
OK…so additional security is formed at the event. What do you propose? Metal detectors at the front entrance? What if the tightened security didn’t work and gang related violence did occur? (You don’t know for a fact that no one at the theater would have been hurt if gang retaliation did occur.) How is that going to be perceived to the community and to the theater? Face it…the project would be doomed!
It doesn’t always require professionals to run a theater! Matter of fact, learning to run a theater is what helps one become a professional. I imagine that you weren’t a professional when you started out in this business but you went forward, you learned and now you do it for a living. I’m really tired of hearing this.
In the end I think the 3 theater concept is great for the short term but not ideal for the long term. What happens if the 3 theater plan fails to generate profit? What happens if GVI decides to hang it up if it does run / get the theater? A new board is formed and it will more than likely try to restore it to one large theater or no board is created and the theater will face the wrecking ball. My bet is making one it one large theater as it has a chance of surviving in the long term.