BCPA and Coliseum operations could be handled by one company soon

Posted on January 13, 2016

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. Cellular Coliseum may be run by the same company soon.

Deanna Frautschi told WJBC’s Dan Swaney that discussions about the same company operating both the BCPA and the Coliseum are very preliminary.

“Is it actually the same management people or is there some oversight that someone’s doing with it, ultimately I don’t know where they’ll end up,” Frautschi said. “The council is looking at that and I’m just pleased they are looking at it.”

The city council may discuss what it wants to do with the BCPA at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting.

The city’s contract with Central Illinois Arena Management to run the Coliseum ends May 1.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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