Thought some of you preservationists may enjoy this video:
http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-kiel-ope....worldnowvideo

Some more info on it. http://www.builtstlouis.net/opera.html
http://www.eco-absence.org/stl/kiel/

Blues owner Dave Checketts owns it and he's spending $40-$60 million to restore it. It was built in 1934. It previously had an auditorium, but when Scottrade Center was built, the Auditorium was demolished. As part of the deal to demolish the Auditorium, the Opera House was supposed to have been been restored [[this was 1990). That didn't happen.

Looks like the target date for the Kiel Opera House is December 2010. There's this theater Downtown and also the Roberts Orpheum Theater.

What a beautiful building. I'm excited to see it restored.