File #: LM-2023-0615    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 11/6/2023 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action:
Title: ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN, ACTING THROUGH ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, TO NEGOTIATE FEES FOR AN EXTENDED DURATION EVENT WITH THE LONG WHARF THEATER AT THE CANAL DOCK BOATHOUSE
Attachments: 1. MP signed Canal Dock Boathouse licensing agreement LWT checklist, 2. LM-2023-0615 signed checklist LWT agreement for Boathouse, 3. CHECK LIST_Canal Dock Boathouse licensing agreement w Long Wharf Theatre, 4. LWT_Boathouse Residency_BOA Cover Ltr_Ald. Walker-Myers_ORDER, 5. Signed Cover Ltr to BOA_ORDER re LWT at Canal Dock Boathouse, 6. ORDER_ LWT-Canal Dock Boathouse_extended duration event, 7. PRIOR NOTIFICATION FORM_Canal Dock Boathouse licensing agreement w Long Wharf Theatre, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement_Canal Dock Boathouse licensing agreement w Long Wharf Theatre, 9. One-Pager_CONH_ViewfromtheBridge, 10. Boathouse Presentation_LWT 10252023
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ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN, ACTING THROUGH ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, TO NEGOTIATE FEES FOR AN EXTENDED DURATION EVENT WITH THE LONG WHARF THEATER AT THE CANAL DOCK BOATHOUSE
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WHEREAS, the Long Wharf Theatre (the "Theatre") is one of New Haven's premiere arts and culture institutions and is a performing arts center of national renown; and

WHEREAS, professional theater houses nationally are suffering a loss of attendees and revenue even in a post-COVID economy and from which the Theatre has not been immune; and

WHEREAS, the Theatre no longer maintains a permanent location to stage performances; and

WHEREAS, the Theatre approached the City of New Haven (the "City") about securing the Canal Dock Boathouse (the "Boathouse") for an extended duration event (6-week residency) to stage their second show of the 2023-2024 season; and

WHEREAS, the proposed length of the Theatre's extended duration event is to last for 6 weeks between January 29, 2024 and March 11, 2024 and encompass 30 performances; and

WHEREAS, in order to deliver revenue from an extended duration event to be held at the Boathouse during winter months in which few events are scheduled at the Boathouse; and

WHEREAS, the approved Boathouse fee schedule does not contemplate extended duration events with said schedule having been enacted with primarily short-term events in mind; and

WHEREAS, due to the Theatre's enduring cultural significance to the Greater New Haven community but constrained not for profit budget, the City is prepared to accept a discounted extended duration event rate of $25,000 to cover venue costs for the length of the residency

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, by the City's Board of Alders that the City is authorizing the Boathouse to enter into a license agreement with the Theatre for an extended duration event as described above

LET IT BE FURTHER ORDERED, that the City, acting through its Economic Development Administrator (the "EDA"), may ...

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