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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a fair amount about this. This is Strathmore's fault. They raised the rent on NPO by over $200k a year ago. It's around $500k now. NPO, being an orchestra, needs to use that space for practices and performances, since there aren't really any suitable places nearby for an orchestra to practice. They can't easily go elsewhere.

Strathmore got greedy by almost doubling the rent, and NPO couldn't make it work. Strathmore didn't support them either -- if you went to Strathmore's site, the NPO performances were not advertised, because Strathmore treated them just like a renter. Same like the Peppa Pig shows there -- they're in Strathmore, but Peppa (err.. Daddy Pig I suppose?) sold the tickets on their own and advertised the events on their own.

The problem (and NPO also bears some of the blame) is that both are non-profits and the rental deal placed all the risk on NPO. Instead, the should have struck a revenue-sharing deal, like NPO pays no rent, but Strathmore gets 30% of all ticket proceeds, and agrees to market and advertise too. This way, both sides share risk, and both sides win when NPO does well.

Instead, Stathmore has lost both the BSO (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) and NPO.[/quote]

The Strathmore can’t balance its budget either. [/quote]

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