Randy Parton Theater Floor Plan
Main hall seating capacity in excess of 12 000 people.
Randy parton theater floor plan. The roanoke rapids city council voted tuesday night to hire a new management company for the randy parton theatre. About the randy parton theatre. Roanoke rapids n c set dolly parton s brother up with a high end venue and funding. The randy parton theater is the cornerstone of the carolina crossroads music entertainment district located at exit 171 off interstate 95 in roanoke rapids nc.
Parton also received an annual artist fee of 750 000 and control of the theater. 232 000 sq ft with 100 500 sq ft clear span no columns exhibit event space. The city borrowed 21 5 million to build the 1 500 seat complex which parton had. Now they say he squandered it and he s not allowed inside.
The local government commission on march 8 approved a 21 5 million financing package for the randy parton theater which is envisioned as a central cog in developing the carolina crossroads music. The shows at the old randy parton theatre will go on in some form or another. The randy parton theatre currently features randy parton brother of country music megastar dolly parton and his talented band the moonlight bandits. The randy parton theater was built in 2006.
Concurrently the city renamed the theater which was initially called the randy parton theater as the roanoke rapids theater. The mcleans are buying the 35 000 square foot 1 500 seat facility for 3 million. The multi million dollar project was paid for by the city of roanoke rapids but parton lost control of the theater in february 2008 after allegations. At the end of february the city reached a settlement with parton that terminated the agreement entered into in november 2007 as well as all involvement in the theater by parton.
While randy parton s band played regularly parton didn t book other acts to perform and attendance plummeted. The randy parton theatre was to be the anchor tenant of carolina crossroads a 1 000 acre entertainment and retail development with randy parton as the manager.