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Article: OPERA HOUSE JITTERS SEATTLE CENTER LOOKS AT SOME UNSETTLING FIGURES TO BRING AGING HALL UP TO QUAKE CODE.(Entertainment)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- March 14, 1996
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After nearly 70 years of faithful service, the Seattle Opera House is ready to present its bill.
Nobody wants to pick it up, because it's a whopper: $40 million to $95 million.
That includes - first and foremost - earthquake safety improvements. Although they're not hugely expensive in themselves, making them means tearing through major portions of the building's structure.
While doing those repairs, improvements can also be made in fire safety, plumbing, lighting, heating, backstage functions and public area amenities.
``The city is committed to the Opera House upgrades,'' says Councilman Tom Weeks. According to him, the high-end ...