Sarasota inks arts center design pact with architect Renzo Piano

After some discord between government funding entities, the vision for Sarasota's new performing arts center on the bayfront moves into its next phase: design.

A conceptional drawing of The Bay shows a new Sarasota Performing Arts Center located on the southwest corner of the what is now the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall parking lot.
A conceptional drawing of The Bay shows a new Sarasota Performing Arts Center located on the southwest corner of the what is now the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall parking lot.
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Following months of negotiations with procurement staff, the Sarasota City Commission on Monday approved by a 4-1 vote an agreement with Renzo Piano Building Workshop to design the proposed Sarasota Performing Arts Center in The Bay Park. 

Vice Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch cast the dissenting vote. 

 

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