#TheBirdIsTheWord: The Carters New Regal Owners

Regal Theater, Chicago, IL

As if owning a record label, clothing line, management company and being new parents isn't enough The Carter Family have recently purchased the Regal Theater in Chicago!

As us follow Chicagoans know, it has been closed for over a year now and after being restored with City TIFF funds, it still needs some additional work.  I hear the plan is to bring entertainment back to the 2,500 seat venue here in Chicago.

The former owners of the New Regal Theatre, Edward and Bettianne Gardner, closed the theater in 2003 after losing money for several years. In 2008, the building was purchased by a group that included Ron and Regina Evans with the hope of reviving it as a cultural venue.] However, it has seen little use. The site did hold a party to celebrate Barack Obama’s presidential nomination acceptance speech in August 2008.

To be honest, I'm surprise Kanye didn't buy it yet being that 79th was one of the hoods he grew up in. Maybe that's what inspire Jay to purchase it. The theater is definitely rich in Black History. It's only right that the owners should be black.

Congrats Jay & Bey.

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