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Restoration near finish at Biloxi’s Sanger Theater as council, residents press for quicker reopening
Summary
Council and staff reported near‑completion of the Sanger Theater restoration but acknowledged a problematic carpet installation and outstanding AV and stage punch‑list items. A local nonprofit, Encore Sanger, formally offered to serve as the theater’s manager and asked for access to prepare an operational proposal.
City staff told the Biloxi City Council that work to reopen the historic Sanger Theater is close to completion, but an unexpected installation issue with new carpet has drawn complaints and a promise to correct the work at no extra cost.
Staff showed photos and said the contractor delivered patterned 2x2 carpet tiles that were installed without the repeated pattern approved by archives and history review. "What we got installed was nowhere near that," one council member said; staff said local installers reworked the layout, and the city will withhold roughly $73,000 until…
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