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Donald M. Gay Performing Arts Center reports 26,000 visitors since opening, flags maintenance and staffing needs
Summary
Event coordinator Lily Gardner told the Auburn School Committee on Nov. 5 that the Donald M. Gay Performing Arts Center has drawn roughly 26,000 visitors since opening and outlined revenue, maintenance and staffing needs, including a stage repaint investigation and requests for UPS backup and rigging inspection.
Lily Gardner, event coordinator for the Donald M. Gay Performing Arts Center, briefed the Auburn School Committee on Nov. 5 on the venue’s usage, finances and maintenance needs.
“So a total of 26,000 people have visited us so far since we opened,” Gardner said, detailing a jump from about 5,000 visitors in school year 2024 to roughly 17,000 in 2025 and about 3,000 so far in the current school year. Gardner said the center’s client retention rate is 93.3 percent for the new school year and that outside renters such as Maine State Music Theater remain a major source of attendance.
Gardner summarized last year’s revenue as about $25,000 in sales but said roughly 60 percent of that is…
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