How does the public/private partnership between the Alliance for the Arts and City of Thousand Oaks work?
During the early planning phases of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, it was determined that the operation of two theatres [(1 ) 1,800 seat and (1 ) 394 seat] would operate with a deficit of approximately $250,000 per year. With this in mind, the Thousand Oaks City Council called upon the Alliance for the Arts to provide the $250,000 cash required each year to operate the theatre in the black. The city provides office space to the Alliance for an annual fee of $1.00 as well as naming opportunities to use for fundraising purposes such as the Name-A-Seat program. The Alliance present a check to the city council (in support of the theatres) annually in June. In addition, the Alliance also provides approximately $360,000 of in-kind advertising and marketing support for the theatres as well as approximately $150,000 each year to support the nonprofit performing arts groups who perform at the plaza and for the school outreach program which bus in children from underserved communities. The
