Houston’s Iconic Jones Hall under $50M renovation (Dallas: cost of, floors)

[SanJac]

The original cost of the building was $7.4M!



Foundation for Jones Hall announces $50 million renovation plans for iconic performing arts facility this summer and beyond | Houston Style Magazine | Urban Weekly Newspaper Publication Website

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Excerpt from Style Magazine article:

For summer 2022 work, beginning in June, the projects will continue to tackle infrastructure and acoustics, which will positively impact performers and hall operations, while also providing the unparalleled performing arts experience that Houston audiences have come to expect. These include:

-Refinishing of the stage floor and rebuilding of orchestra pit floors and the area where they meet the stage

-Replacement of hydraulic lifts for the orchestra pit with a new lifting system, which will modernize this important piece of stage automation, allowing for gentle, quiet movement and stable support of the stage and orchestra pit

-Work to replumb and redirect cable and conduit, while removing electrical equipment to further modernize infrastructure

Replacement of the audio network, which consists of the equipment and data network that support amplified performances, to further revamp acoustics in the hall for musicians and patrons for superior sound

-Renovation work in 2022 will serve as a bridge to 2023 and beyond. Future phases will further improve the performance environment as well as the patron experience. By the end of 2023, significant additional acoustical improvements will be made, and renovations will begin to the Green Room, the lobby and other public spaces, easing lobby congestion and patron “pinch points” throughout the entire facility. The lobby layout will be expanded, while undergoing a transformation to improve the aesthetics.

Additionally, new seats will be installed in the concert hall, ADA improvements will be made for greater wheelchair accessibility and restrooms will be added, expanded and relocated, including those on the courtyard level. It will be possible to access the restrooms with only a short flight of stairs, rather than a long walk up and down, while widened stairways between levels will also be a welcome change for patrons.

Other technical and infrastructure renovations, including backstage, will make Jones Hall a better place for all to perform, work and enjoy the performing arts. For example, state of the art lighting and rigging systems will replace antiquated equipment to improve the efficiency of backstage work. New stage automation control will modernize how large pieces of scenery, electrics, and audio-visual components are used in the venue, while the introduction of fiber networks will enable the hall to unitize the full potential of entertainment industry technology today and into the future.

[Texas Ag 93]

Jones Hall is one of the older performing arts venues downtown and it's nice to see it getting some love.

[Rogarven]

Glad to hear about this. After being in the Meyerson in Dallas and the Bass in Ft. Worth, Jones was a let down.