Ohio Baptist Church Buys Former Theater as New Home
USA TODAY
OHIO — A defunct dinner theater that entertained northeast Ohio audiences for more than 30 years will soon be full again, this time with churchgoers. The former Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron has been sold to a suburban church that tried unsuccessfully to acquire the property at auction nearly a year ago. An electrical contractor that submitted the winning bid ultimately decided it didn't want to undertake the extensive renovations necessary to transform the building for its purposes, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. The pastor of Community Baptist Temple of Lakemore said he believed God had a hand in the turnabout. "I still felt that was our building and that we were supposed to be there," the Rev. Mark O'Donnell said. "I didn't know how it was going to happen, but we were very confident that with the Lord nothing was impossible." The 31,000-square-foot building will allow the church to seat twice as many people as it does at its current location. [link]
OHIO — A defunct dinner theater that entertained northeast Ohio audiences for more than 30 years will soon be full again, this time with churchgoers. The former Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron has been sold to a suburban church that tried unsuccessfully to acquire the property at auction nearly a year ago. An electrical contractor that submitted the winning bid ultimately decided it didn't want to undertake the extensive renovations necessary to transform the building for its purposes, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. The pastor of Community Baptist Temple of Lakemore said he believed God had a hand in the turnabout. "I still felt that was our building and that we were supposed to be there," the Rev. Mark O'Donnell said. "I didn't know how it was going to happen, but we were very confident that with the Lord nothing was impossible." The 31,000-square-foot building will allow the church to seat twice as many people as it does at its current location. [link]
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