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Woodstock Performing Arts Project Moves Forward

BETHEL, NY-The developer of the proposed $40 million Performing Arts Center to be built nearby the original Woodstock Festival site will be presenting its plans before officials with the town of Bethel on June 12.

By John Jordan | Updated on May 16, 2001

BETHEL, NY-The Gerry Foundation will be providing details of its development plans for a 634.7-acre parcel around the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival on June 12. Foundation Executive Director Jonathan Drapkin says that a Performing Arts Pavilion will be built that will contain 3,500 seats with lawn seating capacity for another 14,500 patrons. The Pavilion will be built on the Gabriel Farm property adjacent to the original concert site that drew more than 400,000 attendees 32 years ago.

Glenn Pontier, director of communications for The Gerry Foundation, indicates that the foundation will also be proposing additional development for the 634.7-acre site, besides the Pavilion component of its plan. He notes that the foundation will not release project specifics until it meets with the Bethel agencies on June 12. The foundation also owns approximately 700 acres nearby the site. However, the Gerry Foundation has no development plans for that property at this time, officials with the foundation note.

Alan Gerry, a cable television pioneer who headed Cablevision Industries, which he sold five years ago to Time Warner, founded the foundation. It is seeking regulatory approval for the creation of a Performing Arts District for the site.

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