Cape Fear Community College President's Report | 2018-2019

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The Wilson Center: CFCC’s Center Stage WILSON C E N T E R

Since opening in 2015

Wilmington’s destination for national concerts, broadway tours, and performances, the Wilson Center can accommodate over 1,500 visitors and provides CFCC students with training and employment opportunities in the performing arts. Since opening our doors in 2015, we’ve employed over 80 CFCC students in our technical theatre and production departments. Beginning in 2019, paid internships aligned with CFCC students’ academic curriculum via a partnership with CFCC’s retention committee.

374,731

Tickets Sold

$19,358,251

Total Ticket Revenue

$1,636,266

Tax Revenue Generated*

*Tax revenue collected at box office for New Hanover County and the state of North Carolina

ECONOMIC IMPACT Estimated annual economic impact of the Wilson Center: $17,000,000 Source: UNCW Cameron School of Business

WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! Since 2015, the Center’s vibrant volunteer program has trained more than 1,000 volunteers who have contributed over 113,301 hours of service—valued at $1,444,588. Thank you — we couldn’t do it without you!

COMING SOON: Bandstand • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical An American in Paris • Trace Adkins • Cats • The Village People • Squeeze Boz Scaggs • Blue Man Group • Tenacious D • Mr. Holland’s Opus For status and updates on events that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, please monitor WilsonCenterTickets.com/event-status.

The Color Purple - The Musical

Cats - Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Visit Wils o n Ce n te rT i c ke ts .c o m f o r t i c ke t s a n d a s c h e du l e o f u p c omi ng s hows . 40


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