Copeland: Get on with building that theater in Sun City

I am so weary of hearing the talk about building a performing arts center in Sun City (“Shoe on the other foot,” Sun City Independent, March 17, 2023).

When my husband and I moved to Sun City in 1995, there was talk about building a performing arts center — in fact, there was a drive to collect donations for this project, which eventually died out. I’m not sure if the contributions were ever returned to the donors.

I was happy to hear that a performing arts center with tiered seating was finally going to be built as part of the Mountain View renovation because my husband and I had attended plays produced by the Sun City Players for 20-plus years. I looked forward to the Players finally having a professional stage with tiered seating so it wouldn’t matter if I had to sit behind a tall person.

Now I hear that one of our recreation center representatives thinks the performing arts center should be built at another recreation center that is more “centrally located.” We have been going to Mountain View for 20-plus years; why do we need it in a more “centrally located” area? Sun City is not so big that we need everything to be “centrally located.” 

I’m afraid that by the time this theater is ever built, I will be too old to attend plays and enjoy the facilities — or maybe I’ll be dead. I’ll be 85 years old this year and have already waited 28 years for this performing arts center to be built. Let’s get on with it!

Editor’s Note: We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments, pro or con, on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.