Thanks for the kind words all!

Nice history Vitalis, thanks for sharing!

Although I'm no expert on restoration work esp1986, I don't think the "several hundred million" figure you mentioned would be correct. Granted the building is in rough shape and would require extensive restoration/renovations.

As for the auditorium... when they restored the Capitol Theatre [[Detroit Opera House), MOT spent $42 million on an auditorium about twice the size of the UA. And much of that $42 million was spent on a new addition for the massive stage house, the 6 story office block, and building facade restorations.

So a new United Artists Theatre restoration would be less than that amount, although when you factor in the UA office block, it would definitely exceed that amount... likely by quite a bit. A guestimate would be in excess of the costs to renovate the Fort Shelby hotel.