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Mahaffey manager Bill Edwards seeks longer term certainty as storm repairs continue

5656391 · August 21, 2025
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Big 3 Entertainment CEO Bill Edwards updated council on the Mahaffey Theater’s recovery from storm damage and asked for more certainty on a contract extension while noting capital needs for sound and lighting upgrades.

At a council presentation on Wednesday, the city’s contracted operator for the Mahaffey Theater, Big 3 Entertainment, outlined the venue’s recovery from storm damage and asked City Council and administration for more time and funding certainty while capital repairs continue.

Key points: Bill Edwards — who has operated the Duke Energy Center for the Arts, Mahaffey Theater, since 2011 — said the theater welcomed more than 225,000 visitors last year and has been a major driver of downtown cultural activity and economic activity. The theater sustained damage in recent storms; Edwards…

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