Opera house rescue plans fall through

Village eyes donation, demolition, redevelopment

  • It appears Hampton's historic opera house is destined for destruction after all
    It appears Hampton's historic opera house is destined for destruction after all
    The plan unveiled last month to save and restore Hampton’s crumbling 1893 opera house building turned out to be short-lived. At Monday’s Hampton Village Board meeting, Chairman Dylan Bamesberger reported that Erik Hanson of Aurora had withdrawn his proposal outlined at last month’s meeting to buy and renovate the building. Prior to that meeting the board had been planning to demolish the ...

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