Thursday, January 30, 2014

New floor plan for Thalia Mara Hall. (update)

 Update: Spoke to Michael Raff. His comments are included below.

Jackson Jambalaya obtained a copy of the final seating chart for Thalia Mara Hall after renovations are completed.  Two items of interest:


1. Seating is reduced from 2300 to 2007.  The seats were 45 years old and falling apart.  Mr. Raff said the seats are six inches larger and more comfortable.  The theater was not code or ADA compliant.  Reducing the capacity of Thalia Mara was necessary to meet those requirements.  Two rows were removed.  The auditorium average 1800-2000 per event so it should not affect profitability. 

Mr. Raff also said entrances for the handicapped will be installed at the middle of the theater.  Handicapped seating will be placed in the middle and "in line" with the new entrances. 

2. 13 seats per row in the center section. Most people buy either two or four tickets.  Why is an odd number used?  Mr. Raff said this is being revised by the architects and the seats will be increased to 14 in those rows. 

Mr. Raff also said a new heating and cooling system will be installed.  The old one is 45 years old as well. He said the city expects to save a significant amount of money on energy costs. 


28 comments:

Table for 5 Please said...

Who sez 'most people' buy either two or four tickets? You buy the number of tickets needed for your party. Friends and families don't come in odd or even numbers. And sometimes you can't get a date and go alone.

Anonymous said...

2:11 Agreed

Couple with one kid said...

What's wrong with you, Table for 5 please? KF has to find something to bitch about, and this was the best he could do. He's tried bitching about the financing for the improvements - at least the part that makes the users pay part of the cost - and didn't get the approval he wanted. So now, he has to second guess the professionals that do this kind of stuff for a living.

But, its KF. What do you and I know?

Anonymous said...

What do you and I know?

Nothing, apparently, but bitching.

But thanks for being a loyal reader of JJ.

Anonymous said...

4:04; You're slipping. You forgot 'start your own blog!'

The old seating plan preceded the ADA. New and remodeled projects require a certain aisle width plus you got more lard asses in the aisles now, which dictates the number of seats and each seat has to accomodate a certain width ass.

Anonymous said...

From the sound of expertise in their comment I'm guessing that 8:05 PM has specific direct experience trying to seat one or more wide lard asses of family/friends in Thalia Mara.

Anonymous said...

ADA means no disabled persons on the front row...ever?

Franklin said...

I bet they were mighty proud they created an extra seat for a twelve seat center, and then along comes some knowitall jackass...........

Gubment INspecter said...

Larooter enters the theatre to the sound of Conga drums in 3, 2, 1...

Front row center, pahleeze. Here's my disability placard.

Another observation. The renovation is ADA compliant but you gotta climb seventeen marble steps to get inside.

Anonymous said...

5:00 am is not observant and has never attended an event at Thalia Mara or else would know there are doors at ground level and climbing steps isn't necessary.

Those obsessed with weight and fortunate never to have health issues like an adrenal tumor which can lead to obesity, should know that narrow seats and aisles are uncomfortable for pregnant women as well.

I'm lucky to come from the genetically privileged in health and weight yet still manage not to make unkind assumptions about those I don't know.

Anonymous said...

6:07 Using lard in biscuits can also create the lard ass effect. Look at the stats or better yet just go to any Walmart the same day the Foodstamp credit cards are funded if you want to see lard ass on diplay in large numbers.

Anonymous said...

6:07 I'm sure you think you're a saint, but please can your sanctimonious drivel long enough to go read what an "enabler" is.

Then come back and tell us the number of Mississippians who have adrenal tumors (no fair looking in my patient files - that's a HIPPA violation). Then tell us the number of grossly obese Mississippians.

If you know what a numerator and a denominator are, then do the math.

PS I am also a saint; I am sincerely sorry you will have your fantasies and delusions destroyed. Very sincerely. :-)

Anonymous said...

Clearly, neither of us are saints.

But, one of us doesn't " judge books by their covers"! Nor does one of us make irrelevant and incorrect observations regarding Thalia Mara's seating changes.

How much weight does a person gain when they quit smoking and how many people no longer smoke? And, how many who quit smoking over the age of 40 are able to lose that weight? How many medications these days have the side effect of " unintended weight gain"? How many Mississippians suffer from thyroid problems? How have additives to our foods affected weight?

You don't know because you are shallow and unable to think analytically. Politicians depend on you and your knee jerk opinions.

When did you become able to judge those in Thalia Mara by looking at them? And, frankly, I hadn't noticed obesity as being rampant in the audiences!

Maybe you should spend less time in Walmart and more time in museums or at concerts.

And, while you're there, you might ask the cashier how the Food Stamp program works and what items can and can't be purchased.







Anonymous said...

7:22 am you can't enable someone who doesn't have a dysfunctional behavioral problem but who is ill. 6:07 am didn't encourage anyone who is obese from overeating to continue that behavior but rather suggested YOU can't tell by looking.

Besides, why didn't you also read that ridicule doesn't change bad behaviors but rather reinforces the bad behaviors?

I hope you aren't a parent.

Anonymous said...

No comments from Mr. Raff about wide lard asses? Will the extra 6 inches be enough?

Kingfish said...

Just updated post with new information.

Anonymous said...

Thank you 9:07 for letting us that there are many reasons for Ms. having the highest rate/percentage of obese citizens. I never factored in all of the new non smokers or the 51% of overweight people who have adrenal tumors. I am surprised to learn that most wide loads are not fashioned with food. Enjoyed the spunky monkey lecture.

Anonymous said...

Thanks KF

Didn't impress 12:14 pm who doesn't understand that lard between the ears is worse than lard on the rear. You can't get rid of brain lard.



Anonymous said...

I read this blog almost daily in for its investigative journalism that you cannot get anywhere else. I must stop reading the comments though, because people are unnecessarily rude and just plain mean to each other. Reading these kinds of comments makes me sad that this is the way people treat strangers.

Anonymous said...

Oh, pity the piper. 2:11 feels people are rude and just plain mean. And he/she is sad on top of that.

And to the person who said you can enter at ground level, how is that helpful when the venue is forty feet higher than ground level. There may be elevators or escalators but I have not seen one.

I hope my reply wasn't too mean.

Anonymous said...

... lard between the ears is worse than lard on the rear. You can't get rid of brain lard.

Since lard between the ears is terminal how are you addressing your problem? Will you eventually end up in a hospice?

Anonymous said...

Yes, 4:11 pm It is indeed sad to see those who are non-observant, ignorant, has depth perception issues( 40'? ROFLMAO) AND blind apparently.

2:11 pm My Daddy told me there are people of good heart and people of bad heart. You are the good and 4:11 is the bad. He said to avoid those of " bad heart". I was 5 then . Later , he'd have called them " toxic".

The dude is unhappy about wider seats because narrow seats are his only hope of getting close to people!

Anonymous said...

January 31, 2014 at 5:37 PM = DESPERATELY NEEDS OBAMACARE

Anonymous said...

This is in preparation for the "Polit Bureau" for "Republic of Kush."

Anonymous said...

"The dude is unhappy about wider seats because narrow seats are his only hope of getting close to people!"

That is funny as hell!!

To the goob who feels TM is ADA compliant; If you stand at sidewalk level, the venue at TM is roughly forty feet higher than your eyeballs. Maybe 55. Factor that! Will they outlaw wide-brim Sunday-go-to-meetin' hats?

Anonymous said...

I guess 12:17 am only gets to sit in the balcony.

12:17 am thinks the ceilings are 22' tall at ground level and the escalators are 40 ' long so now we know 12:17 am is a woman who was taught 6" is a foot!

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, I do enjoy your investigative reporting, especially when opinions are not intertwined with the facts. But I hate that readers are turning your fine work into a trashy tabloid with some of their comments.

Anonymous said...

Do you now? Perhaps you should stick to the factually devoid Northside Sun. You know, those stacked up on your coffee table. The venue where no opposing commentary is welcomed or allowed. That one.



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