Advance Redding, the private organization that manages the Redding Civic Auditorium, has been given the money they asked for from the City Council. The 50-year-old public facility is on a long term lease to Advance Redding, which has been unable to make ends meet since the departure of their most consistent source of income, the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministries. Advance Redding said it could no longer afford the interior maintenance and utility costs that are part of the lease agreement. When the Sheraton Hotel was built in 2014 the city got $600,000 for the land and that money went into an account to be used for deferred maintenance at the Civic. With some lease payments added, that account had reached $675,000. Advance Redding convinced the city to give them that money and to cancel the rent for the rest of the year while they work on an overhauled contract.
– Steve Gibson