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RSS FeedsToronto´s Sony Centre will be renamed Meridian Hall as of September
(The Star Movies)

 
 

21 january 2019 18:05:02

 
Toronto´s Sony Centre will be renamed Meridian Hall as of September
(The Star Movies)
 


Civic Theatres Toronto has secured a $30.75-million strategic partnership and naming rights agreement with Meridian Credit Union, which will see the Sony Centre become Meridian Hall, while the Toronto Centre for the Arts become Meridian Arts Centre.The new naming rights take effect in September. But the theatres are not the only ones changing names.Civic Theatres Toronto (which consists of three city-owned facilities: the Toronto Centre for the Arts, St. Lawrence Centre and the Sony Centre) is also rebranding as TO Live, a name that better represents the organization and reflects the next phase of the organization’s plans to grow, according to Clyde Wagner, president and CEO. TO Live is also announcing the creation of the TO Live Foundation, which will help it fundraise and work with the community.“It’s our time to say we have a new name. We have a new brand and we have a new partner who is going to help us go forward,” Wagner said in an interview. “And also for companies that are 50 years old, for the first time we have a foundation so people can help preserve these assets in a way that they should be. Toronto is a first-class city and the cultural assets that they own should also be kept up in a first-class way and that takes everyone to be part of it.”Civic Theatres Toronto was created in 2015 to find efficiencies and ways to improve the underperforming theatres. The announcement was made on Monday morning at an event at the Sony Centre with Mayor John Tory. Both Wagner and Wade Stayzer, Meridian’s senior vice-president, say the deal is more than just putting the name on the building, as both companies plan to find ways to work together. “If you look at the communities we do business, it’s a key tenet of ours to contribute and give back, and help to build stronger communities. So if you look across from Ottawa to Vaughan to St. Catharines to Barrie, there are what I would call significant community assets ...


 
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