Family gets naming rights to center stage
The family of Durham contractor Dillard Teer has secured the naming rights to the stage at the new Durham Performing Arts Center with a $1.2 million pledge to the center, officials said Wednesday.
Posted — UpdatedThe Council voted on Monday night to approve the offer, which the family of Durham contractor Dillard Teer made in February.
The family has pledged to donate $1.2 million over 10 years for the stage to be named the Mildred & Dillard Teer Stage.
Dillard Teer was vice president and secretary-treasurer for the Nello Teer Co., one of the largest contractors in North Carolina. He also was a Durham County Commissioner and served for 31 years on the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. Mildred Roycroft Teer was a civic leader and member of the Durham City School Board.
When his family made the offer in February, Son Rob Teer said the naming rights opportunity presented a way to honor their father’s legacy in Durham.
“We could think of no better way to reflect their constant giving to the community than to make a gift in their honor to the beautiful new performing arts center in the heart of Durham," he said in a statement.
The multi-use performance space, which seats up to 2,800 people, will be the largest performing arts center in both North Carolina and South Carolina when it opens Nov. 30, with a performance by legendary blues singer B.B. King.
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