Planetarium repairs still underway

C DAVIS PLANETARIUM....BUT--NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE CITYCLOSEDTHE DOORS OF THE 40 YEAR OLDATTRACTIONFOR RENOVATION-- IT'S STILLSHUTDOWN.1:42- WHAT ALL HAS TO HAPPEN INTHAT BUILDING FROM WHERE WE ARENOW...1:49 EVERYTHING THAT'S NOTSTRUCTURAL WILLHAVE TO GO.MIKE WILLIAMS IS THE EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR OFTHE PLANETARIUM.HE GAVE US AN EXCLUSIVE LOOKINSIDEBACK IN APRIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THEPLANETARIUM.

HE GAVE US ANEXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDEBACK IN APRIL.A HAIL STORM DAMAGED THE ROOF IN2013.AND BY THE TIME WORKERS WERECOMPLETING REPAIRS LAST SPRING--LEAKINGWATER-- AND TIME-- HAD LEFT ANIRREPARABLMARK.2:23 WE DISCOVERED MORE WATERDAMAGE.

REALLY WE SAW ITAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEFIRST RENOVATION THE BUILDINGHAS EVER SEEN.

SINCE WWERE ALREADY SHUT DOWN ANDSUSPENDED OPERATIONS ...WEDECIDED TO DO IT THE BEST WECOULD 2:40IN APRIL--- WILLIAMS TOLD US THECITYHOPED TO REOPEN IN LATE 2019.BUT NOW HE SAYS THERE'S A NEPLAN....START FROM SCRATCH.4:33- WHAT DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLETO SEE INSIDE THE PLANETARIUM?

AWORLD CLASS FACILITY TOP 10 INTHE COUNTRY 4:40PICTURES FROM THEIR TRIP....WILLIAMS AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OFCULTURSERVICES JOHN LEWIS JUST GOTBACK FROM ATRIP TO SOME OF THE MOST POPULARSCIENCEAND SPACE THEMED ATTRACTIONS INTHECOUNTRY--- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM, ANDDISNEYNEW GALAXIES EDGE...41- IT WAS KIND OF A RECON TRIPTOOBSERVE BEST PRACTICES AND WHATWAS GOING ON WITH NEWEXHIBITORY AND ALL THAT STUFF.53FUNDRAISING IS ALSOBEGINNING....3:11- THE FUNDRAISING HAS BEENGOING WELL...I DON'T WANT TOSTATE OUR NUMBER YET...THE CITYHAS A LARGE STAKEGOVERNMENT COMPONENT 3:34:49- MEGAN: HAVE YOU HEARD FROMANYONE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THISPROJECT.?

MIKE:...NO....ITSBEEN OVERWHELMING POSITIVERESPONSE NO ONHAS SKEPTICISM 5:16 WILLIAMSSAYS HE FIELDS PHONE CALLS ANDFACEBOOK MESSAGES DAILY FROMPEOPLEASKING WHEN THE PLANETARIUM WILLREOPEN.2:55- RIGHT NOW WE ARE AIMINASKING WHEN THE PLANETARIUM WILLREOPEN.2:55- RIGHT NOW WE ARE AIMINGFOR SPRING 2022....CELEBRATIN OF BICENNTENIAL 3:05 HE SAYSWHAT THEY SEE WHEN THE DOMREOPENS WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT.WILLIAMS SAYS THERE'S ALSO ACROWD FUNDINGCOMPONENT TO PAYING FOR THE NEWPLANETARIUM THAT MAY LAUNCH ATTHE END OF THIS MONTH....THATINCLUDES PLANETARIUMPRODUCTS OR NAMINGOPPORTUNITIES.

AS FORTHE ACTUAL PLANS-- WILLIAMS SAYSTHEPLANS THEY ARE STILL A WORK INPROGRESS.WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED