Bigger Living Arts Centre will bring ‘bigger acts, better acts’ to Mississauga, Ontario [Video]

In an effort to attract “bigger” and “better acts” to the city, Mississauga officials are going to increase seating capacity by about 500 inside the Living Arts Centre’s main performance hall.

Mayor Carolyn Parrish told INsauga.com in a recent interview that upping the capacity of the Main Auditorium (formerly Hammerson Hall) “from 1,100, which is realistically what we have in there, up to 1,670” or so is part of ongoing LAC renovation plans and also a key component of her larger vision for Mississauga’s downtown core.

“That’ll bring in bigger acts, better acts,” the mayor said from her office inside city hall, looking northward out the window at the quarter-century-old LAC, the city’s largest arts and culture facility.

A new roof, a complete rebuild of the lobby concession area and various other upgrades are also in the works for the Living Arts Centre.

Much of the major and ongoing renovation work …