Belmont University has opened its 1,700-seat multi-purpose facility fronting Belmont Boulevard and billed by the school as the “finest music performance hall on any college campus in the world.”
Called The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts (pictured) and with a price tag of about $180 million, the building consumes a space stretching from Bernard Avenue on the north to Compton Avenue on the south.
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