A man walks by the closed K Street entrance at the Farragut North station in Washington. Ford's Theatre, located near Metro Center, is concerned that Metro’s shutdown of part of the Red Line stations may affect audience attendance during a crucial business season. and retailers say they are recovering from the pandemic’s effects, leaders of arts and cultural groups say a Metro construction project is threatening to drive people away from the city’s core during the busy holiday season.
“We’re sitting here with the mayor screaming about downtown needing to come back, and we have all this investment in downtown,” said Paul R. Tetreault, director of Ford’s Theatre, which is about two blocks from the Metro Center station. “We’re hanging by our fingernails out here, and they’re cutting us off at the knees at a time of the year when we actually have to make a little money to carry us through the dark times.”between Dec. 18 and Dec.
“While we wish the repair work didn’t need to happen, we understand these repairs to be necessary and focused on rider safety,” the company said. The dispute has drawn in D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson , who said he reached out unsuccessfully to Metro on behalf of downtown businesses and arts centers, urging the transit agency to move construction to the first two weeks of January, when rail demand is still low.
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