PEORIA, Ill. – The Scottish Rite Theater in downtown Peoria, owned by Kim Blickenstaff’s KDB Group, is set to reopen for concerts and shows this spring.
According to the Peoria Journal Star, TempleLive Music Group has signed a lease agreement with KDB Group, with the option to buy the building down the road.
Beaty Capital Group, which owns TempleLive, hopes to open the Scottish Rite for events in March.
Peoria City Councilman Tim Riggenbach, whose 3rd District includes the Scottish Rite building, tells WMBD’s “Greg and Dan” he first heard a week ago that the TempleLive group had applied for a liquor license for the venue.
“To put it back into activity in the way that Blickenstaff had envisioned it, is just a win for all of us,” Riggenbach says.
A lineup of upcoming shows at the Scottish Rite is expected to be announced in January.
TempleLive runs similar entertainment venues in Ohio, Kansas, and Texas.
Riggenbach says reopening the Scottish Rite could bring back opportunities for other uses for the venue, like corporate meetings and wedding events.
“We’re certainly going to make them aware of our caterers and event planners, you know, to make sure that they’re all on the same page in getting that building booked as much as possible,” Riggenbach says.
The Scottish Rite Theater was put up for sale by KDB Group last April, along with other Blickenstaff properties in the Peoria area including Sankoty Lakes, the Peoria Armory building, and the Betty Jane Brimmer Center in Peoria Heights.
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