Malaga music auditorium shifts focus towards conferences as the city seeks to make the project profitable

Infrastructure

Municipal company Promálaga plans to prioritise conferences and convert the auditorium's entrance hall into an exhibition space

Paco Griñán

The Ministry of Culture's refusal to participate in the Malaga music auditorium project has fortunately not halted its construction, for which nine companies have already expressed interest.

Mayor Francisco de la Torre has highlighted this project as a "key" piece of infrastructure for Malaga in the coming years. The lack of state funding (45 million of the 209 million euros of construction cost), however, has impacted the project to such an extent that its cultural origins have become secondary to the decision to transform it into a new convention centre for the city.

SUR has learned that the venue will still host Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra (OFM) concerts and opera productions. However, Procultura (the municipal cultural body that currently stages these performances at the Cervantes theatre) will have to pay to use the new venue, whether through a rental fee, hire charge or another payment mechanism.

At present, it does not incur those additional costs at the Cervantes.

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