While a well-known Omaha theater is getting new life, a next door business is moving.
After announcing plans to restore and reopen the Dundee Theater, Film Streams says the Old Dundee Bar and Grill, which is connected to the theater, will be moving next year.
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The nonprofit issued the following statement:
“While the response to our announcement about the Dundee Theater has been overwhelmingly positive, we know some employees and patrons of the bar were disappointed to learn it would be moving next year, and that's understandable. Our priority from the beginning has been to save the theater, making it a sustainable cinema for decades to come, and we've engaged our great board and architects with experience in historic preservation to make that happen. We won't be tearing anything down. Some needs do present themselves pretty quickly, including a new, safer entrance off of Dodge Street, a lobby that can accommodate the crowds and concessions needed to make this viable, and beyond that, additional space for programming, community events and educational opportunities (last year alone, we welcomed more than 5,000 students to the Ruth Sokolof Theater, many of them bused to the theater during the day with their classes). These things will be necessary for the theater to thrive. We're confident that when the Dundee Theater returns, it will be a cinema and venue that will make the neighborhood and city proud.”
The bar’s owner declined to comment when asked by KMTV. It is unknown where the bar will move to or if it even will.
Film Streams says it expects the restored theater to open in 2018.
