NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — North Tonawanda Mayor Austin Tylec on Thursday held a State of the City Address at the Riviera Theatre, which will look different this spring following renovations.
There will be a new entrance and new space off the lobby for concessions. The current snack stand was built in the 1940s. There will also be an outdoor patio, bigger bathrooms, and wheelchair ramps.
The work should wrap up by the spring.
"There will be a bar with a new concession area on the very end," said Larry Denef, the Riviera Theatre board chair. "We will have our wall of guitars, which we've had. All of the artist that come into the theatre sign a guitar, they'll be on those walls."
Later this year they'll add four new dressing rooms and a green room that could attract new acts. The board chair said in the past, some artists have refused to book a show because of the talent space in the basement.