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Residents debate future of 'Drag Queen Christmas' at Sanger; legal authority and economic impact raised
Summary
At the Sept. 25 Pensacola City Council meeting, multiple residents urged opposing outcomes for the Sanger Theatre performance "Drag Queen Christmas," sparking questions about the city's authority under the venue management agreement and arguments about economic impact and free expression.
At the Pensacola City Council meeting on Sept. 25, residents used the Leroy Boyd public-comment period to press the council on whether the city can or should intervene in an upcoming production of Drag Queen Christmas at the Sanger Theatre.
The discussion centered on two lines of argument: some speakers urged the council to cancel the event on grounds of obscenity and alleged statutory violations, while other speakers defended the performance as constitutionally protected expression and stressed its economic benefit to downtown Pensacola.
Resident Steven McCollum told the council that, using conservative estimates, a single night of the production could bring about $110,000 in gross ticket sales and a one-night local economic impact of roughly $225,000 to…
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