Masonic Temple Theater back in business?

[Ltdave]

just looked for tickets for Postmodern Jukebox in detroit and see they will be playing at the Masonic Temple...

i thought it was all closed down and idled while Mike and company decided what they might want to do with it?

[ekleezy]

I've been going for a few years since I moved to Detroit. Not aware that it actually ever closed. Had financial trouble in the past though. I think Jack White helped?

[MSUguy]

It's never been out of business. I know the thing about Jack White helping with some bills when they were having trouble, but that was years ago. Where did you hear that it closed?

[JBMcB]

I saw Louis C.K. there a couple years ago, and Kraftwerk last year. They're still alive.

[choralmike]

Ticketmaster currently shows seven events scheduled there including Postmodern Jukebox.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Masonic-...it/venue/65557

[SyGolden48236]

just looked for tickets for Postmodern Jukebox in detroit and see they will be playing at the Masonic Temple...

i thought it was all closed down and idled while Mike and company decided what they might want to do with it?

The Masonic Theatre did not close down. Further, Mike Ilitch does not own or control the building. Ilitch entered into a joint operating agreement with The Masonic in 2008 but that agreement came to an end several years ago and he has absolutely nothing to do with the building now.

[belleislerunner]

It's still very much in business. I went there last night for Slow Roll Prom.

[Wesley Mouch]

The Masonic Theatre did not close down. Further, Mike Ilitch does not own or control the building. Ilitch entered into a joint operating agreement with The Masonic in 2008 but that agreement came to an end several years ago and he has absolutely nothing to do with the building now.

Ilitch letting the Masonic Temple go was like IBM letting Microsoft have the rights to MS-DOS. He probably never thought he'd be building an arena nearby.

[1953]

Can I just say...cheers to Postmodern Jukebox!

[p69rrh51]

Jack White had been quietly helping with the bills. The large theatre was named for him. I do not know what the status of his relationship with the temple is at the moment.

[Ltdave]

i hadnt seen or heard of any shows there in a long time [[not that i was looking) but it had sounded in the past that it was mothballed. i suppose no one actually SAID it was closed but but that was the gist i had gotten...

thanks

[gvidas]

The Masonic Theatre did not close down. Further, Mike Ilitch does not own or control the building. Ilitch entered into a joint operating agreement with The Masonic in 2008 but that agreement came to an end several years ago and he has absolutely nothing to do with the building now.

The Masonic pretty much went dark for a year or so towards the end of the above Ilitch agreement. I think Olympia was managing event bookings, and decided to stop booking anything at all.

Now there are lots of shows, events, weddings, conventions, etc -- probably 1-3 a week? It's been like this for a while now.

[Gistok]

Whether it is the Fox, Fillmore, Opera House, Masonic, Gem, Century or Music Hall [[and other smaller venues).... the marketing of the venues for weddings and other gatherings is a good way for these venues to weather the drop in the number of traveling Broadway shows and roadshows.

I remember when some long running shows, such as All Night Strut, were playing at the Gem. But with the casino theatres and some suburban locations [[DTE, Meadowbrook, Macomb Center and Freedom Hill) showing performances... there are more venues that are taking their slice of entertainment pie, and in order to survive... the venues have to adapt with weddings and meeting space.

The Jack White Theatre at Masonic is the former 1586 seat Scottish Rite Theatre...
http://themasonic.com/Cathedralth.php

[CassTechGrad]

I went there to see Santana on March 15, 1977. I wonder what ever happened to that girl I was dating who went with me, Susan something??? I missed the Springsteen show that same February, big mistake. He played his best stuff in the mid to late 1970's.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

I went there to see Santana on March 15, 1977. I wonder what ever happened to that girl I was dating who went with me, Susan something??? I missed the Springsteen show that same February, big mistake. He played his best stuff in the mid to late 1970's.

Man...we'll never see those ticket prices again. Those were the days !!

[Wesley Mouch]

Man...we'll never see those ticket prices again. Those were the days !!

BLS inflation adjustment: $7.50 in 1977 = $30 today. That's still the price of normal tickets for a lot of shows [[non super-star). What's happened is that the public has flocked to super-stars, and those prices have shot up to, what, an average of $75 [[top advertised price on 75% of tours)?

[jiminnm]

Jimi Hendrix, Feb 23 1968.

I don't remember the ticket prices, or much else.