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Menlo Park: Guild Theatre renovation wins Planning Commission's OK

Original post made on Apr 25, 2018

"I never thought we'd be talking about Willie Nelson's shower size," said Menlo Park Planning Commission Chair Drew Combs at one point during Monday's livelier-than-usual Planning Commission discussion about a proposal by a local nonprofit to transform the El Camino Real Guild Theatre into a live music and community event venue.

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Comments

Posted by Competition
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Apr 25, 2018 at 11:34 am

If top-tier performers come to the mid-peninsula, why would they come to the New Guild instead of the Fox Theater in Redwood City, a venue in Palo Alto or Stanford, or the M-A PAC? All these venues have advantages over the New Guild.

Has anyone done a competitive business analysis that shows performers will prefer this new venue over these other ones?

Everyone is supportive now because they buy into the best case scenario.


Posted by Best Case Scenario
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 25, 2018 at 1:43 pm

I am a supporter and really don't care if top tier performers play there. It would just be great to have a fun club/music venue in Menlo Park.


Posted by Ted Mundorff
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Apr 25, 2018 at 6:27 pm

A great plan. Let's see Willie Nelson one time with 250 to 500 people (unlikely he will ever perform) vs Darkest Hour that showed 35 times a week to 6900 residents. Or Lady Bird that played to 5300 folks and Phantom Thread that was watched by 4300 people. The city is closing the last building that will ever show movies in MP. And good movies! Congratulations on your foresight. Ted Mundorff