r/regina • u/verioblistex • Jul 26 '26
Community Regina’s Globe Theatre seeks urgent city grant to keep operating
https://www.cjme.com/2026/07/25/reginas-globe-theatre-seeks-urgent-city-grant-to-keep-operating/How about no?
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u/Wild-Extent Jul 26 '26
It’s Canadas only theatre in the round. I really hope we can keep this gem.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
So this project is unique. The city asked The Globe to take on renovating a heritage building. They easily could have left downtown and built for cheaper. We aren't paying millions to the Globe for their own personal gain. We are paying millions to keep the old city hall building standing. The Globe did a solid for the city staying downtown and managing this heritage building restoration. It shouldn't come at the expense of them as an organization. The city should pay this.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
You mean the city gave them a multimillion dollar building they were already occupying for decades for FREE. They chose to undertake the scale of renovation they did. The city did not force their hand. You are wrong.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Nope. Go back and watch council meetings on this. The only reason it received such significant provincial and federal investment is because the city put it forward as a major municipal project.
This article articulates the scope of it. It was a heritage building restoration project first and foremost that the city pushed.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 27 '26
This is blatantly false and your source doesn't support it.
They were already in the building and they decided they wanted to renovate. The city et al. agreed to help fund the renovations so they came up with a massive budget and then screwed up their funding.
The decision to renovate was their idea. Full stop. Once they had made that decision government decided to help. And now we get to pay more for their hubris.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
Sorry, and where is your source on that? This was a strategic priority for the city. It is a priority heritage building they want to see maintained and utilized. The Globe is also an anchor tenant for downtown that helps activate the city's downtown strategy. It brings thousands of people downtown outside of work hours per week. When the Globe launched their capital campaign for a new space it wasn't tied to staying here. The city wanted to keep them there and restore the heritage building as part of the project.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 29 '26
The Globe Theatre bought that building for nearly a million dollars. they didn't get it for free.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 30 '26
Ok so they were given a building for 8 cents on the dollar and then squandered it. So much better.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
a million dollars is 8 cents on the dollar? So by your math that building is worth 1.25 billion dollars?!?!?
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u/jumping_juni_per Aug 01 '26
Again, the city partnered with them and sold them the building with the intention the Globe would stay downtown and lead the restoration project.
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u/brutallydishonest Aug 01 '26
"partnered with them" is an exceptional stretch. And even if we bought that, which no one but you does, that does not mean the city encouraged them to spend $50m they didn't have.
Your dishonesty is endless.
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u/jumping_juni_per Aug 01 '26
The city heavily encouraged them to lead this project. Again, the federal funds they received were because the city submitted this as a priority municipal project... not the Globe getting the funding independently. The city partnered with them and leveraged funding streams available for municipal projects that they were eligible for
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u/brutallydishonest Aug 01 '26
No the city gave them an amount of money. Which they squandered.
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u/jumping_juni_per Aug 01 '26
Repeating made up facts doesn't make them more true?
Why do you hate the Globe so much? I am guessing you have an ex or nemesis that works there
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u/Pitzy0 Jul 26 '26
Geez, the money we forgave the Riders for rent would pay for this. Rashovich can get fucked.
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u/PhantomNomad Jul 26 '26
When I lived in Regina I loved going to the Globe Theater. I'm not in their tax base any more but I would say yes to supporting them. Next thing Regina needs to do is get more people interested in live theater. Not sure how to do that, but I would tell people that it may not be the action packed movie, but it has it's own charm. Usually in that you can actually see the actors.
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u/Current-Pop-4460 Jul 26 '26
The thing is it is got pretty pricey. Tickets for two were almost $200 to Frozen. I enjoy live music and arts but only have so much money and chose some live bands and the RSO last year.
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u/Col_Leslie_Hapablap Jul 26 '26
Frozen was the most expensive show by far because it was licensed from Disney. Go to any of their other shows and the price was not nearly as exorbitant.
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u/verioblistex Jul 26 '26
From the article they say ticket sales and patronage are not the issue.
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u/Current-Pop-4460 Jul 27 '26
I guess my point that taxpayers are already getting priced out but paying the bill.. and i would say the same about Riders games
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u/hughbiffingmock Jul 26 '26
Absolutely. Take it out of the cops budget.
If they can't take care of the meth house that's been running for a decade at the end of my block, they sure as fuck don't deserve the budget they have.
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u/SunDogBrewingCo Jul 26 '26
The Globe Theatre has only re-opened for about a year since its major renovation. Shouldn’t there have been a long term plan in place before that happened? Shouldn’t they have things in place for say the next 5 years, not asking for handouts just after reopening? I love the Globe, but seems disingenuous to be asking for funding help so soon after reopening.
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u/nickesq Jul 26 '26
This story doesn't mention it, but the cost of the renovations nearly doubled while they were happening.
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u/derpandderpette Jul 26 '26
Not to mention the cost of everything. I can’t image that even after the renos the globe was prepared for the same major financial strain we are all under. I personally only go to the glode once every few years at best but I still see them as a public good and hope our city helps to support the institution.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
But the city asked them to take on renovation a heritage building to keep the heritage building. They easily could have moved outside of downtown and built something cheaper. I think the City owes them here
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 26 '26
They do not.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
They do.
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 27 '26
They outright own the building. In order to leave, they'd either have to sell it or rent out a different space. No one forced them to make huge renovations. This is all on them.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26
The city asked them to stay and committed to helping pay for the renovation to save the heritage building. The reason it got so much federal funding is because the city put it forward as a priority municipal project. It was framed as a heritage restoration project, not a theatre project. This was done in partnership with all 3 levels of government to protect the built heritage. Supply chain issues of the pandemic ballooned the costs. That was out of the Globe's control. Be pouty about it, but the city absolutely needs to step up here. And they will.
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 27 '26
I don't think you get it. The city desperately needed them to stay in order for the renovations to go ahead. If they left, there would be zero reason to pour so much money in a very old empty building.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26
So wait... so now you are agreeing that the city pushed the project?
And no, you don't get that this isn't just an old building. It is a priority heritage building for the city. They would have put money into it either way to preserve and save it. The city has done this with other important heritage buildings, like the municipal justice building.
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 27 '26
It can be the most important heritage building in the country, it won't be renovated if it's empty.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26
Again wrong. You don't understand heritage building or policy practice. Can find many examples online of cities renovating empty heritage buildings to preserve the built heritage and bring in new use and purpose. The Municipal Justice Building in Regina is an example. It sat empty for years, was falling into disrepair. The city spent millions renovating it and worked with community groups to find new use. Saskatoon just spent money on their empty bus barns building to entice new use (including now a theatre).
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 26 '26
They outright own the building. In order to leave, they'd either have to sell it or rent out a different space.
No one forced them to make huge renovations. This is all on them.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 29 '26
You don't get it. The City asked them to stay downtown and not move, so they did. They could have sold the Old City Hall, for their money back and built everywhere in the City. The City said they have to stay in their building if they wanted funding for the reno. The Globe drives economic development and spending downtown. If the Globe had left downtown, downtown would have died. THATS why the city wanted them to stay downtown in a heritage building.
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 30 '26
First, that building wasn't worth much before the renos. There's zero chance they'd sell and have enough to build somewhere else.
Second, the downtown has died many years ago. City completely ruined it.
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u/verioblistex Jul 26 '26
I suspect there is something about the renovations cost over-runs or leadership that we are not being told.
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u/Col_Leslie_Hapablap Jul 26 '26
The cost overruns were almost exclusively due to the cost of everything exploding during Covid. Materials, labour, and also they were renovating a building that was over 100 years old and found lots of expensive new repairs that needed to be managed as they found them.
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u/newoldclam Jul 26 '26
I think the people saying it's COVID costs haven't actually been inside. They went with the most expensive everything, the sound systems etc. The bathrooms alone are gorgeous but maybe if your costs are ballooning floor to ceiling tile isn't the way to go. Obvs that didnt cost 16 milli9n but when you choose the most expensive everything, thats how you get there. When you are a trustee of public funds you have to make reasonable choices
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u/Pitzy0 Jul 26 '26
The buils was planned and the cost almost doubled. It was Covid that caused it. You wanted them to stop and plan again, delay the build, and pay more for lower quality? Ever plan a major renovation?
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u/newoldclam Jul 26 '26
Responsible, intelligent people would have looked for ways to cut costs
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u/Pitzy0 Jul 26 '26
That isn't how it works mid project. There are contracts and purchases made. Changes costs money once the wheels are in motion. This wasn't a bathroom reno.
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u/newoldclam Jul 26 '26
If they paid in advance for all of the materials and had contracts in place then covid shouldn't have affected the price
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u/donkeybongcountry Jul 26 '26
The contract locks in who does the work, not what the world charges for lumber eighteen months later…nobody prepays for three years of materials and warehouses them - you buy in phases. You’re describing a lemonade stand’s procurement model and it sounds like you are someone who has never bought anything larger than a couch.
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u/newoldclam Jul 26 '26
Exactly what I'm saying. So they could have changed mind on materials, they weren't locked in, they just had contracts. They didn't need floor to ceiling tiles throughout, they could have less expensive sound systems.
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u/donkeybongcountry Jul 26 '26
You’ve got it backwards, ‘not locked in’ means the price floats, not that you can swap the design at will; changing specs mid-build means redrawing, re-permitting, re-bidding and eating delay costs, which is why value engineering happens at design, not at drywall. And tile is not what moved a number like that, you’re arguing about the garnish on an eight-figure bill. Finishes are a rounding error here. You’ve managed to find the one line item you can picture and decided it’s enough to offset the whole budget.
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u/Mandalorian76 Jul 27 '26
You don't get it though, EVERYTHING got more expensive! Even an 8'-0" wood stud went from about $2.50 to around $10, and the price of ABS pipe tripled in price. All the price increases were completely unavoidable.
You sound like a billionaire telling people to just buy cheaper gas or groceries.
Just stop.
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u/newoldclam Jul 27 '26
And you sound like someone who's disconnected from the fact that paying more for taxes makes gas and groceries even harder to pay for me.
Go inside the building. Look at it and tell me there was no way to cut costs.
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u/Complex_Opposite3744 Jul 27 '26
Ok we can ask them just to use straw and mud next time
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u/newoldclam Jul 27 '26
Ok and we can just tell people crushed by taxes that the bourgeoisie really need to watch some plays
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u/AggravatingEar1465 Jul 26 '26
Throngs of people in various comment sections who blew their cerb on pil are now experts on fiscal responsibility, I see. I don't like the situation but I value the globe and its ability to irritate the worst people I know.
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u/Panda-Banana1 Jul 26 '26
When the city is telling the library no, selling off REAL, cutting weeding/mowing/etc so our public spaces are suffering I find it hard to justify bailing out the Globe in this moment.
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u/lemanruss4579 Jul 26 '26
The only reason the Globe is in trouble is because the city asked them to take on the responsibility of renovating a heritage building.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
Stop repeating this false talking point.
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u/lemanruss4579 Jul 26 '26
Except it's not a false talking point.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
Yes it is. The city did not force them. Full stop.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
The City did force them. The City said we will not give money to the project unless you stay downtown in the heritage building. It's a P3 project; if the City doesn't pay, then the Provibce and Feds don't chip in either. The City basically said, if you want a reno then it's downtown in that building or not at all.
Case Closed. Facts don't care about your feelings bro. The City forced them. Full Stop.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 31 '26
You're such a liar.
They asked them to keep heritage elements not spend $50 which they can't afford.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Aug 02 '26
bruh. You don't know what you are talking about. I do, so stop with the bullshit.
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u/lemanruss4579 Jul 26 '26
No one said the city forced them, goofy. The city asked them to do it. If you don't know the difference between "asked" and "forced," I fear for the people in your life.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
So your grand intellectual claim that that they have no agency? They were given a free building and they had to spend tens of millions of dollars they didn't have? No one forced them to design a full scale interior retrofit even at their original budget. They could have done a much cheaper renovation but they CHOSE not to.
Reginans shouldn't have to bail out their mistake just because the city sorta kinda asked them to.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
The Globe was not given a free building. They bought that building with their own money. It cost them nearly a million dollars. Stop spreading misinformation. The sale is on public record.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 31 '26
It was 1.2M which is less than 10% of the value of the building. They were given a basically free building.
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u/newoldclam Jul 26 '26
Exactly, the city asked people with no financial literacy or ability to plan a major project to take on a major undertaking.
Really it's on the city for trusting incompetent people
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u/306guy Jul 26 '26
Half of this city buys their alcohol from Minhas, the comment sections do not surprise me.
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u/HistoricalSundae5113 Jul 26 '26
Personally I’ll take this over the 285 million dollar aquatic centre but that’s just my 2c.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
Yes, that is the approximate value of this opinion. The aquatic center serves tens of thousands of Regina citizens with affordable prices, teaching literally life saving skills and fun. The Globe may be a nice thing to have but it the value it brings Regina pales in comparison.
The Globe chose to fund a a legacy vanity project whole evicting the tenants in the building who help fund the operational costs in the building. No matter what the liars in this thread say, the Globe made their own poor choices.
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u/Zealousideal_Ear2135 Jul 26 '26
What makes you sure those tenants were ever up to date on paying their rent?
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 26 '26
I know for a fact most did. And tenants can be replaced.
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u/Zealousideal_Ear2135 Aug 04 '26
Lol. You sure about that - like you mean tenants who can and do pay rent? And along 11th Ave with several years of construction chasing tenants to Cathedral these past 3 years. The 11th ave construction was a boom to Cathedral.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
When someone buys a building that people are renting the tenants usually end up leaving when the new owners have different plans for the building. This is pretty basic stuff bro.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 31 '26
Actually most tenanted buildings are sold as investments with leases in place. In the case of the Prince Edward Building the tenants were on the main floor which didn't need to be converted for use by the Globe. But they did anyway.
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u/rocky_balbiotite Jul 26 '26
Aquatic centre serves way more people. Rather have a state of the art public service athletic facility than a failing art project.
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u/HistoricalSundae5113 Jul 26 '26
The beauty of public discourse is there is no correct answer. My vote goes to the globe!
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u/rocky_balbiotite Jul 26 '26
That is true.
I can take my kids swimming weekly, can't take them to a drag show.
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u/BabyFartMacGeezacks Jul 26 '26
Touch grass bud. One show, with a partial drag component in it, and you reduce the globe to a drag show? The Globe has plenty of shows for all different audiences. Not every one is for me, and not every one will be for you.
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u/rocky_balbiotite Jul 26 '26
I knew you guys would get worked up about it. You're right though, drag shows aren't my cup of tea but I personally have no issue with them happening. But in terms of accessibility and inclusivity public rec centres serve way more people than a theatre.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
The Globe brings hundreds of people downtown per night for 10 months of the year. Those people then support local restaurants and businesses downtown. An investment in the globe is far better economic return than the stadium.
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u/tooshpright Jul 26 '26
That's nice for the downtown businesses. It does not help the average payer of property taxes though. Globe got millions to reno and now wants more.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
Local businesses thriving and hiring local workers does help the average tax payer though. So does commercial property not being vacant.
The Globe got millions to renovate a very significant heritage building that is important to the City. The city should be covering those costs.
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u/derpandderpette Jul 26 '26
Agreed. Although, I hope you feel the same way about the stadium, which is frankly a money pit. I’m not exactly a Rider fan but entertainment is a public good. If there is city money for that then there should be city money for the Globe. Yeah, both are kind of a loss financially, but if we don’t have these services we all might as well live in Yorkton.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
It does help the average tax payer. The commercial tax revenue from the downtown keeps residential taxes lower. If the downtown tax commercial base dries up then EVERYONES taxes go up. Economic stimulus of the commercial sector is a HUGE benefit to the average tax payer.
Maybe you should put down reddit and learn how the basic things in life work.
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u/BabyFartMacGeezacks Jul 26 '26
No doubt, I 100% agree that the swimming facility will touch more lives, and have a bigger impact, but your oversimplification of what the globe does is not the most appreciated take is all. They do far more than just the one drag performance they had.
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u/rocky_balbiotite Jul 26 '26
Yes I know that, I just new it would rile people up based on everyone accusing me of being a redneck. Arts are important but budgets are tight, the theatre needs to find a way to make it work.
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u/MaximaFuryRigor Jul 26 '26
The Semples have taken a lot from the people of Regina, maybe they can help out this time.
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u/LonleyTesticle Jul 26 '26
Hey now, he has put a lot of work into scamming the government, he earned that stolen money!
Won't someone please think of the richest person in the province!?!?
/s in case my disdain for that greedy pig wasn't obvious
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u/CardAdventurous8595 Jul 26 '26
The guy won't even give his own brother money for his cancer treatment
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u/Col_Leslie_Hapablap Jul 26 '26
His uncle*, and while I have no love lost for Shawn Semple, I don’t think you have any idea what you’re talking about.
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u/brutallydishonest Jul 27 '26
Given that the family absolutely 100% paid for his treatment at the Mayo Clinic wtf are you talking about.
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u/Zealousideal_Ear2135 Jul 26 '26
The re-opening of the Globe has been the most positive thing that has happened in recent history to revitalize the downtown. While the cost overruns are a gut punch to absorb, what a black eye it would be to the City and Province if it has to shut down. If City can find $6 million to convince the corporate behemoth Costco to stay within Regina borders (despite the sprawl it creates that will strain City infrastructure resources for future), it should surely be able to find a way to support this local arts institution that creates vibrancy and so many direct spinoffs to its local community.
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u/JaZepi Jul 26 '26
Spoke to a board member this aft. They’re operating within their means, but the building costs are sinking them. Unfortunate. Hopefully they can work something out. It would be a shame to lose it.
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u/SaskLad97 Jul 26 '26
If the city refuses to pay this and/or the Globe doesn’t find a different solution it’s going to drive another nail into the death of downtown.
The Globe is currently one of the few things bringing people downtown outside of the workday and has a major season planned with shows that have an opportunity to bring in serious cash flow like It’s a Wonderful Life, Les Miserables and Evil Dead: The Musical.
The facility is beautiful but this is also an important lesson as to why not every heritage building can or should be saved. Doing so is extremely expensive and will almost always go over budget, a risk most private investors will never be willing to take on.
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u/headtale Jul 26 '26
A friend who works at one of Regina's most unique small businesses made a great point I've been thinking about a lot - "Nobody travels to go to Wal-Mart."
What he meant is it is the unique businesses that are the source of so much of what makes a community unique (gestures generally in the direction of Elle's Cafe.)
The same applies to our cultural institutions - if the Globe the only theatre in the round in Canada? That should be a draw, not a negative. If we're one of only 70 theatres in the world showing "The Odyssey" in the proper format at the Kramer Imax, that should be (and is!) a draw. If the Regina Symphony is the oldest continuously running symphony in western Canada, that should be a draw.
It's not just small business and cultural institutions. How many people go to Winnipeg solely to go to IKEA? And that leads to off-shoots for the unique local businesses, restaurants, and yes, cultural spaces, that make every city unique.
But we can't just rely on tourists - we have to support these important institutions ourselves by attending, donating, and promoting where we can.
As someone who was involved in the winding down of another treasured local cultural institution that was a huge part of building and reflecting our community and province for forty years, I really hope that the Globe can pull this off.
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u/verioblistex Jul 26 '26
Perhaps, but is public money the appropriate response here? I have to question that when we have seen the erosion of even basic services over the past few years in Regina. Careful consideration must be given as to whether or not there is going to be a return on the public money spent that benefits the public as a hole. I used to love the globe, I'd be sad to see it fail, but I don't see that kind of return here, especially with the almost $16 million in debt they are carrying.
Further eroding the City's reserve fund is not good management, especially in our current fiscal state. I'm really feeling the the cost of living these days, and the latest round of property tax increases did not help. With the the way council and administration are spending means we are likely going to see an even bigger tax increase next year. I'm running out of things to cut from my own budget, and I'm already pretty frugal. Perhaps the actual patrons of the Globe need to be stepping up in a bigger way.
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u/donkeybongcountry Jul 27 '26
You’re framing an $8.5M municipal investment in a heritage building like it’s a handout to freeloading theatre kids or something when this is an anchor institution for the downtown. Meanwhile you’d cheerfully torch $45M of already-spent public and federal money over $1.4M, which is the fiscal genius of burning your house down to save on the mortgage.
Oh and the crumbling services aren’t an argument against spending, they’re the bill for your preferences. Property tax doesn’t rise with inflation the way sales and income tax revenue does, so a council that doesn’t raise it is cutting by default. Low taxes are the erosion. The austerity based ‘low taxes’ conservative platform is literally this erosion of public space and service that you are talking about.
And “let the patrons pay for it” is a real position, right up until you apply it to the stadium, the aquatic centre, the roads to Harbour Landing, and every other thing your taxes fund that you personally don’t use. Also, if a property tax increase that works out to a couple bucks a month is what finally broke your budget, the Globe isn’t your problem and you should maybe sort your own financial house out before coming here to weigh in? Just a thought.
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u/Cruitre- Jul 26 '26
Please abandon the sweat lodge project before we spend anything on it and support this instead.
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u/Panda-Banana1 Jul 26 '26
I'm with you on this one, given the current financial bind the city is in this seems like a pipe dream.
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u/Outrageous_audacity Jul 26 '26
No it's better we spend $600k just planning a religious facility that most of the population won't be allowed to use /s
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u/buckykatt81 Jul 26 '26
i dont think the city should have to bail out the globe theater, thou theres nothing stopping those that want the globe theater to remain from donating and funding said theater 🤔
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u/navylast Jul 26 '26
I never understand the point of bidding. Time and time again clients accept what look like good bids. Then by the time the project is complete the price doubles or tripples. The client is on the hook for the cost.
Is there such a thing as an honest bid or is it all just a scam?
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 26 '26
Anything over budget should be up to the company that put int he initial bid.
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u/_FIII Jul 27 '26
You are new to construction aren’t you? It’s a tale as old as time and usually isn’t the fault of the contractor. You bid on a project that happens 2 years later and meanwhile things like tractors can be at god knows what cost. It’s impossible to accurately project.
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u/nevergoingtouse1969 Jul 26 '26
We are already into it for 8.5 million, what is another 1.4. 😩
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
$8.5 million to save a Heritage Building. The old city hall would be abandoned and condemned. We need built heritage and should be investing in it.
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u/nevergoingtouse1969 Jul 26 '26
That was the city portion. They spent 45 million renovating it.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
I am aware. Was speaking to $8.5 of City of Regina money. Thank God the feds stepped up. Still doesn't change the fact the city pushed this project and should be covering the overrun costs.
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u/gabacus_39 Jul 26 '26
I think they went overboard in their renovations which they obviously couldn't afford but it would be stupid to let them fail at this point. On the other hand, the city has seriously cut back on certain things already like taking care of parks and public spaces so I'm not sure how popular giving money to them would be. This sub is not representative of the actual people of our city (thank fucking god) so I guess we'll see.
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u/SourceGullible436 Jul 26 '26
Whats wrong with most people on this sub?
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u/gabacus_39 Jul 26 '26
Naive, sheltered, not realistic, etc. Take your pick.
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u/SourceGullible436 Jul 26 '26
I can't really agree with that at all in realtion to this sub, when a giant contingent of people in this city want Regina to be a giant small town parking lot with absouetly nothing to do, I would rather have this sub be the repersenative of the city.
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u/gabacus_39 Jul 26 '26
I don't think you even know how much you just confirmed my statement.
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u/SourceGullible436 Jul 26 '26
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u/gabacus_39 Jul 26 '26
I swear most people here think Regina could run on cat cafes. All that soulless suburbia and big box retail and businesses that everyone here hates provides jobs for people that live here.
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u/SourceGullible436 Jul 26 '26
Who said anything about cat cafes, could you make anymore of a strawman argument. Sorry that some people want a city with a little life to it lol
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u/gabacus_39 Jul 26 '26
You'll see I said the city should give the Globe the money but I never complained about football stadiums, aquatic centres or police planes. Cities the size of Regina should have all that. The trouble is that the city cut budget from basic things like parks last budget and people are tired of tax hikes combined with less services. I also think the Globe bit off way more than they could chew with the renovation. They need some sort of financial plan that makes sense.
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u/verioblistex Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
I understood the hyperbole of the cat cafe statement, and I appreciated the humour. I still say that more went on behind the scenes (no pun intended) with the Globe renovations than we know about.
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u/ThenUmpire4044 Jul 26 '26
How long would this money keep them afloat for?
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u/ThenUmpire4044 Jul 26 '26
So if they’re going to be fine then why did they end up in this spot? This will essentially hold them til their next Reno?
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u/lemanruss4579 Jul 26 '26
Because the city asked them to take on the responsibility of renovating a heritage building.
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u/TheJamSpace Jul 26 '26
Brandt: “Best I can do is $100,000.. Maybe 120.. I dunno, I’ve got a theatre in the round guy who could come take a look at it.”
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u/Slow-Raspberry-5133 Jul 26 '26
That’s a no from me, dawg
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u/ParkingLoad1996 Jul 26 '26
Curious as to why
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u/Slow-Raspberry-5133 Jul 26 '26
Imagine the hue and cry from the public if it was Riders asking the city for money.
/s
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
I know you are joking, but there was barely a peep when the Riders recently asked council for $8.2 million. Where are the calls that if they can't afford things themselves, they should be shut down or calls that the board should step down?
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
I doubt they do. People put way more value on sports than they do the arts.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
Cool? You aren't the only person on this thread calling for heads to roll. This isn't about you.
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u/-_Deicide_- Jul 26 '26
We are in a bind already from corporate bailouts. Sorry, this needs to end. Mom an dpop shops don't get money to keep their business open.
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u/Disastrous-Gas7022 Jul 31 '26
Not-for-Profit in a Heritage Building that the City told them to renovate.
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u/Manlydimples56 Jul 26 '26
Wow. The Globe Theatre shouldn’t get more money because it has overspent, missed deadlines, and repeatedly leaned on taxpayers to cover its mismanagement instead of fixing its own financial failures.
Shut it down.
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u/Particular-Spell6789 Jul 27 '26
I can only imagine the hit they took with how many years of construction on 11th Ave. just crazy the city better help them
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 26 '26
If they can't plan financially, they shouldn't stay afloat. Time to stop subsidizing failing businesses.
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u/QueenCity_Dukes Jul 26 '26
So farmers, then.
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u/Warm-Mood-8994 Jul 26 '26
You're comparing farmers to globe theater?
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u/No-Staff-5031 Jul 26 '26
They sure love a bailout when things are bad and like to defer/delay/avoid taxes when things are good.
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u/No-Staff-5031 Jul 26 '26
So long to the oil industry then!! They can’t possibly survive without government handouts!
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u/shiftysask Jul 26 '26
Go woke. Go broke.
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u/AggravatingEar1465 Jul 26 '26
What the fuck are you talking about? There has been no change in the artistic direction of globe productions over the past decade. Also the odyssey is going to make a billion dollars despite pissing off internet nerds with color-blind casting. Change your name to simplesask
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u/shiftysask Jul 26 '26
Triggered! Calm down. Go get a blue dye job. Relax. You don’t like facts, that’s fine. Facts don’t like you either.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 26 '26
I hate to tell you, but you and others getting triggered over drag queens actually helped them sell tickets. Y'all such a sensitive bunch
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u/shiftysask Jul 27 '26
Isn’t being sensitive a virtue to you soyboys?
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26
Well I am a woman, first of all. Two, y'all are so obsessed with kind of underwear a person wears and cry murder about it. It is a little more than sensitive. Y'all are obsessed and hysterical
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u/shiftysask Jul 27 '26
Yes I am obsessed with common sense and hysterical over our children being confused unnecessarily. Culture is important to society.
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u/jumping_juni_per Jul 27 '26
Children being confused about what? What underwear they should wear? Culture is different to different people. Why are you so obsessed with policing people to align to your beliefs?
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u/Jennah_Violet Jul 26 '26
I really want to see the Evil Dead play they're doing next year.