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→The Grand Dame Lives
*Two-story backstage facilities on south end ([[Intendencia Street]] parking lot).
*New covered loading dock & freight elevator.
*New, wider seats for the entire main floor. Growing from 18 inches to 23 inches, the total number of seats was reduced from 1,802 to 1,608641.
*New lobby space added.
*Additional restrooms and meeting rooms added.
An official groundbreaking ceremony was held on [[February 8]], [[2008]].<ref name="groundbreaking">"Ground-breaking draws Saenger supporters." ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 9, 2008.</ref>
The theater is planned to reopen reopened in early-[[2009]]. Many performing arts groups that use used the Saenger as their primary venue have found alternative sites for the intervening seasons. For example, the [[Pensacola Symphony Orchestra]] held its 2007/08 "Masterworks" concerts at [[First Baptist Church]].
==Funding==
