Berkley Marquee Going Dark for Repairs

Berkley tent will get darkish for repairs

(Metropolis of Berkley, March 23, 2025)

BERKLEY, MI – The town of Berkley has introduced this week that the long-lasting broadcast within the metropolis heart will turn into darkish from 1 April 2025 to facilitate important structural repairs.

Berkley’s Downtown Growth Authority has dedicated financing for this important upkeep undertaking, which incorporates changing assist rays and finishing metal repairs.

“This beloved monument has been a part of our id within the metropolis heart for generations,” says Jennifer Finney, interim -executive director of the Downtown Growth Authority. “These vital repairs will assist to maintain the choice framework for years and on the identical time assure structural integrity and security.”

The tent has served as a monumental group because the Berkley Theater first opened on 12 Mile Highway in 1941. Though the tent is mostly acknowledged as an emblem of the middle of Berkley, it’s truly a part of the facade of the constructing and never within the metropolis.

For the reason that closure of the theater in 1993, town has retained a lease with the house owners of the constructing to make use of the tent for messages about bulletins from the group and to spend money on its upkeep, with annual upkeep prices of a mean of $ 15,000.

Through the municipal council assembly of 17 March, officers renewed this lease, which demonstrates the fixed dedication of town to take care of this historic attribute. With the closure, officers may decide particular electrical energy prices which are linked to the tent. Beforehand, these prices have been coated by Ceremony -Assist as a part of the one electrical meter system of the constructing.

The constructing housing De Tent is presently in a transitional interval and numerous growth alternatives are being thought of. Though no particular date has been established to alleviate the tent once more, town has communicated the cultural that means of the monument with all potential tenants.

“Though the newest choices about the way forward for the tent will ultimately relaxation with the house owners and tenants of the constructing, we now have made it clear how deep this milestone is essential for our group,” mentioned Crystal Vanvleck, supervisor of Berkley Metropolis. “We stay hopeful in regards to the preservation of this piece by Berkley’s distinctive character.”

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