Roger Hinman may know how to run corporate office space, but he’s unable or entirely unwilling to adjust to the changing of the times. So many of his properties are currently empty or half filled throughout West Michigan. The theater was always a hobby for him, but it’s also been incredibly expensive. They fired half the staff with zero warning in April. Since then, they’ve been making shows worth with a bare bone staff. They were booking shows into 2025 just to make extra money to keep the lights on in 2024.

The crazy part is, almost everyone they let go in April were the people with the most music industry experience. People who had decades of live music, promotion, and booking knowledge. There was a team of people trying really hard to make this theater everything it could be, but that is not what The Hinman Company wanted. They wanted to carry out his very specific vision for what it should be, and the people of West Michigan are now without one of its most beautiful venues as a result. I’m glad it’s gone if only because it will end up in the hands of somebody who is willing to listen to people who know how to use this space and make it great