Rock Hall of Fame annex set to close
December 6, 2009, Sunday
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THE New York City annex to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will shut on January 3, just a year after opening.
S2BN Entertainment, a corporate partner in the venture, announced the closure in a statement without providing any reason for the decision.
The annex in Manhattan's Soho district opened to fanfare in November 2008 with Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailing it as another cultural destination for the roughly 46 million visitors to New York City every year.
The annex housed hundreds of artefacts, from Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevrolet to the wooden phone box from CBGB, the popular music venue that launched New York's punk scene in the 1970s and established the careers of bands such as The Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie.
The annex is reviewing opportunities to take some of the artefacts on tour.
The Cleveland Hall of Fame opened in September 1995 with an initial project cost of US$92 million for land acquisition, construction costs, fees and equipment.
The nonprofit museum was built through a public-private partnership and generates more than US$5 million in revenue annually for the state and local government and employs 936 people.
S2BN Entertainment, a corporate partner in the venture, announced the closure in a statement without providing any reason for the decision.
The annex in Manhattan's Soho district opened to fanfare in November 2008 with Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailing it as another cultural destination for the roughly 46 million visitors to New York City every year.
The annex housed hundreds of artefacts, from Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevrolet to the wooden phone box from CBGB, the popular music venue that launched New York's punk scene in the 1970s and established the careers of bands such as The Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie.
The annex is reviewing opportunities to take some of the artefacts on tour.
The Cleveland Hall of Fame opened in September 1995 with an initial project cost of US$92 million for land acquisition, construction costs, fees and equipment.
The nonprofit museum was built through a public-private partnership and generates more than US$5 million in revenue annually for the state and local government and employs 936 people.
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