Arts leader: Roanoke’s Entertainment District is a question of scale

Arts leader: Roanoke’s Entertainment District is a question of scale

I share Mayor Joe Cobb’s commitment to exploring bold ideas for Roanoke’s future. His opinion piece on the proposed entertainment district at the Berglund Center reflects genuine ambition, an important quality for a civic leader. But not all bold ideas are the right ideas. The market reality Let’s talk about the actual numbers. The Roanoke metropolitan statistical area comprises roughly 315,000 people. Of those, perhaps 150,000 to 175,000 are ad…