Dear editor:

The pushback against the new Royal George plan is so emotional and without any attempt to look at the pros and cons.

Some of the pros, as I see it, are as follows:

Theatregoers are the prime visitors for our entire community. Why would we not want to encourage their continued support and increase their numbers?

They stay for several days buying hotel rooms, plus meals and shopping.

Compare this to the busloads of visitors that only go down main street, buying a treat and then leaving again. Or even better, the short-term rental party crowd. Or just the motorcycle gangs that like to roar down main street.

The design for the theatre is a matter of taste, but it sure beats the Dairy Queen. Also, it enhances the look and feel of the old town by adding some much-needed class.

I wonder how many of these naysayers are theatregoers.

If we don’t go first-class with the new facility, then why bother?

Mike Henry
NOTL