“After months of tense negotiations, a deal is in place between the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and one of the three cultural organizations that want to use the forthcoming Steinmetz Hall,” writes Matthew J. Palm in Tuesday’s (10/22) Orlando Sentinel. “The Orlando Ballet signed a contract with the arts center on Tuesday morning after protracted negotiations.… Mary Palmer, president of the Orlando Philharmonic board, said the orchestra and arts center have an agreement in principle, with just a few things left to negotiate. Opera Orlando is ready to sign once it receives an updated contract with the same language used in the ballet’s agreement. Among major sticking points in the negotiations had been rental rates for Steinmetz Hall, due to open in 2020; the add-on fees for services such as security and custodians; and the length of time for which rates and fees would be valid…. [In] Orlando Ballet’s contract … rental costs for Steinmetz will be frozen at the current level for two years, with annual increases guaranteed to be no more than 5 percent during the next three, but other operational terms … will be renegotiated after one year. The center also worked to reduce its add-on fees.”
Posted October 25, 2019
