News

Aug 25, 2011
Source: postandcouier.com
By: Robert Behre

Other than questions about style and whether the design went far enough to reflect the exuberance one would associate with a world-class concert hall, the proposed makeover of the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium passed a crucial test Wednesday.

Dec 17, 2010
Source: postandcouier.com
By: Robert Behre

The $142 million plan to convert the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium into a premier concert hall flanked by better exhibition space and new city offices won warm applause but not rave reviews Thursday night.

Dec 17, 2010
Source: Live5News.com

The architectural review board approved the conceptual phase of renovation on the Gaillard Center Thursday. The vote was one vote shy of unanimous.

Dec 17, 2010
Source: postandcouier.com
By: Robert Behre

More was at stake Thursday than the architectural details of the renovated Gaillard Center.

Dec 16, 2010
Source: abcnews4.com
By: Courtney Rochon

The Charleston Board of Architectural Review approved the conceptual plan for the redesign Thursday.

By Timothy A. Barkley,
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Charleston Home + Design Magazine has been organizing the Charleston Home + Design Show and the Custom Home + Remodel Show for seven years at Gaillard Auditorium.

By Darrell Givens,
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

The mayor's recent announcement regarding a complete makeover of the Gaillard Auditorium was welcome. This facility has been the venue for thousands of events since it first opened over 40 years ago. It has served the Lowcountry well, and numerous events and festivals now call Charleston home because of this facility.

By Jason A. Nichols,
Friday, June 18, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Bravo to Mayor Joseph P. Riley's visionary plan for the Gaillard Center, and to those who are committing significant financial pledges for its development. A beautifully designed performance hall with superior acoustics not only adds a dimension of inspiration for the performers, but it also creates excitement for the audience.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Charleston City Council voted Tuesday to approve the proposed renovation, with conditions being a payout of $2.7 million for architectural and engineering contracts and financial consultations, for the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, effectively kick-starting one of the city's most expensive capital projects in its history.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Source: charlestonbusiness.com

Charleston City Council on Tuesday endorsed Mayor Joe Riley's $142 million plan to overhaul the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, unanimously approving four contracts and putting some of the funding pieces in place.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Source: live5news.com

A council who doesn't always agree with Mayor Joe Riley voted unanimously to move forward with $142 million plans to renovate and expand the Gaillard Auditorium in Downtown Charleston.

By Joseph P. Riley Jr.,
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Last week's story regarding Charleston County Council's decision to agree to extend the King Street Gateway Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District may have left some readers wondering whether the Gaillard Center project will be taking funding away from Charleston County schools. In fact, the Gaillard Center will provide extraordinary benefits to the Charleston County School District and for many generations of Charleston County students.

By David Stahl,
Monday, June 14, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

I have heard widespread support for the proposed Gaillard Center, and I share that support with great enthusiasm. I have also heard some people wonder whether we should focus more on saving our symphony than building a new performance hall. As one who has dedicated his professional life to the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, I can say categorically that a new performance hall is absolutely essential to the symphony's future.

By Nigel Redden,
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Last week, Mayor Joe Riley unveiled a visionary plan for the proposed Gaillard Center, saying it was time for Charleston to seize an opportunity that may never come again. I could not agree more.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

As Spoleto Festival USA audiences celebrate the return of the Dock Street Theatre, artists and production staff are left grumbling about the challenges at another Spoleto venue, Gaillard Municipal Auditorium.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Source: charlestoncitypaper.com

The City of Charleston is moving forward with a $142 million rehab of the Gaillard Auditorium, adding city offices, expanded banquet space, and an improved auditorium. The facility will also get a new name: the Gaillard Center.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

The Gaillard Auditorium has served Charleston well for 40-plus years as an all-purpose performance and exhibition center. But its age is showing, and it badly needs a major overhaul. Mayor Joe Riley should be given every encouragement in his plan to raise the final $51 million of the $71 million in private donations needed to turn the auditorium into what he says will be a "world-class performance hall."

By Joseph P. Riley Jr.,
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Opportunities like Gaillard Center come along once in a lifetime, if at all. Here we have an opportunity to create a world-class civic place at a cost that is less than it would have been three years ago and less than it will be five years hence.

Riley lays out plan for expansion, renovation

By David Slade,
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Source: Charlestonbusiness.com

In what would be the city of Charleston's most expensive building project, Mayor Joe Riley on Wednesday laid out plans for a $142 million renovation and expansion of the Gaillard Auditorium that could begin in two years and would include new city offices.

By Ashley Fletcher Frampton,
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley announced plans Wednesday for a $142 million overhaul of the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium that would dramatically change the outside and inside of the hulking 1960s building.

By Bruce Smith,
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Source: businessweek.com

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. on Wednesday proposed a $142 makeover of a city auditorium to create a world class performing arts center.

June 2, 2010

Source: ww2.wsav.com

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Officials are proposing a $142 million project to renovate a facility on South Carolina's coast into a world-class performing arts center.

June 2, 2010

New Facility - to Include Performance Hall, Exhibition Hall, and City Offices - Called "Opportunity of a Lifetime" by Mayor Riley

CHARLESTON, SC - Gaillard Center, called "the opportunity of a lifetime" by Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., was announced today. According to Riley, the project includes creating a world-class Performance Hall, a renovated Exhibition Hall, and new City Offices, owned by the City and replacing offices that are presently leased.

Video of Presentation by Mayor Riley

June 2, 2010

Gaillard Center Announcement Presentation

June 2, 2010

New arts center to reflect changes in wealth, growth, taste, values

By Robert Behre,
May 7, 2010

Source: postandcourier.com

One of the city's most ambitious and expensive building projects in memory. A state-of-the-art venue and exhibition hall that will transform the area between eastern Calhoun and George streets. A work of contextual architecture worthy of the city around it.