KC PAC Digs In

After years of planning and fundraising delays, ground will finally be broken this week on Kansas City’s new downtown performing arts center. “The two-hall, $325 million project scheduled to open in fall 2009 will feature a state-of-the-art, 1,600-seat symphony hall, an 1,800-seat opera-ballet hall and a multipurpose Celebration Hall for chamber performances or educational purposes.”