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a new concert hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

 have been pushed back to the spring of 2013.

Image courtesy of St. Paul's Artistic Partnership

The renovation, which was tentatively scheduled to break ground this year, was contingent on the 

) completing its $75 million capital campaign.

Currently the partnership has raised approximately $55 million.

While only about half of the campaign money is designated for the renovation, and the other half for an endowment, Ordway president Patricia Mitchell says the partnership does not want to move forward until all the funding is in place.

Rendering of the Ordway's exterior once the expansion is complete

Mitchell notes that fundraising has its own tempo, and unlike musical compositions you can't necessarily make it go faster:

Mitchell says the decision to postpone the renovation has opened up opportunities for programming this summer - including a run of Chicago in August - and for the McKnight Theater in the coming year.

You can read more about the planned renovation 

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Plans to break ground on a new concert hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts have been pushed back to the spring of 2013.

Ordway renovation delayed by a year

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