Roanoke Rapids considers new manager for troubled theater
Mayor Emery Doughtie of Roanoke Rapids said the city council on Tuesday authorized the city manager to prepare a contract for Neste Event Marketing to take over the Roanoke Rapids Theatre.
Posted — UpdatedMayor Emery Doughtie of Roanoke Rapids said the city council on Tuesday authorized the city manager to prepare a contract for Neste Event Marketing to take over the Roanoke Rapids Theatre.
Any new management for the venue would be the third such arrangement since the city borrowed $22 million in 2005 to build the theater it named for its headliner and original manager, country music singer Randy Parton, brother of Dolly Parton.
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