Today was the big day, the grand opening and ribbon cutting of The Palladium. We have watched it go from a hole in the ground to a pretty impressive building since we have moved here. And we have watched people complain about the tax money being used for this thing during a recession. I have to say, I was on the side of the complainers (give me more parks and stuff the entire community can use!!!). But I have to retract those statements because today we were able to go inside and check it out and it was amazing.
This is the view from the outside--all covered in Indiana limestone. We read in the paper that the roof is a foot thick concrete!! This is our new town tornado shelter.
There are a ton of stair cases in the place. They probably could have cut the budget by millions if they just scaled back to 10 stairways instead of the 25!
This is looking down from the top of the stairs at the big chandlier. And al that pretty marble steps. When we walked in, I noted the floor looked like Nordstroms. That got me some serious looks from the Palladium lovers out there. I didn't mention that to the Mayor when I talked to him today. I just said, nice job, when's Melloncamp coming?
The inside view from the cheap seats--which really aren't that cheap at this point, but as you can see, not a bad seat in the house. Today, members of the community were performing. We sat for a while up here, but we weren't done exploring.
We wandered down to the lower level and checked out some bathrooms that have tile work to look like piano keys and then found a seat in the box seats. This is looking up at the acustical glass ceiling.
This is the view from the not so cheap seats. Pretty nice. Hopefully, someday, we can go to a concert there.
This is the view from the outside--all covered in Indiana limestone. We read in the paper that the roof is a foot thick concrete!! This is our new town tornado shelter.
There are a ton of stair cases in the place. They probably could have cut the budget by millions if they just scaled back to 10 stairways instead of the 25!
This is looking down from the top of the stairs at the big chandlier. And al that pretty marble steps. When we walked in, I noted the floor looked like Nordstroms. That got me some serious looks from the Palladium lovers out there. I didn't mention that to the Mayor when I talked to him today. I just said, nice job, when's Melloncamp coming?
The inside view from the cheap seats--which really aren't that cheap at this point, but as you can see, not a bad seat in the house. Today, members of the community were performing. We sat for a while up here, but we weren't done exploring.
We wandered down to the lower level and checked out some bathrooms that have tile work to look like piano keys and then found a seat in the box seats. This is looking up at the acustical glass ceiling.
This is the view from the not so cheap seats. Pretty nice. Hopefully, someday, we can go to a concert there.
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