Saratoga’s Makeover

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is reinventing after a tough year. “Many summer venues are reporting challenges this year. Attendance for the Philadelphia Orchestra’s recent run of concerts at the Mann Center was down a whopping 17.5 percent, despite decent weather and more populist programming. That decline is on top of last year’s 9 percent downturn from the previous year. But the speed and seriousness of the unfolding crises in Saratoga has leaders seeking major changes in the way the center operates. They say that everything from ticket prices to the mix of programming is up for reconsideration.”