The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY will open on Aug. 1, 2018.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\nIn April 2018, the NCC announced its grand opening will take place on Aug. 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
The Center, which comes with a combined cost of $35 million between the money invested in the Train Station, as well as the NCC build out, \u00a0is expected to attract more than 100,000 annual visitors and have a $23 million annual stabilized economic impact on the region.<\/p>\n
WRFA plans to tell more about the history of the National Comedy Center’s development in the summer of 2018 when we talk with NCC board chair Tom Benson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JAMESTOWN, NY – The acquisition of the Gateway Train Station (formerly “Erie-Lackawanna Train Station“) and its surrounding property by the National Comedy Center in the Summer of 2017 was the culmination of a 25-year renovation and development effort that featured a combination of public and private investment, as well as coordinated efforts on several local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":24784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[122,154,282,5177,384,426,548,723,8457,809,8474,932,934,6202,8016,1118,1162,1175,8472,1310,1419,1460,1461,4664,3796,1648,3956,2590,8473,7631,1984,2255],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/National-Comedy-Center.jpg?fit=1000%2C537&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-6Em","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20493,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/over-4-7-million-in-economic-development-funding-coming-to-chautauqua-county\/","url_meta":{"origin":25566,"position":0},"title":"Over $4.7 Million in Economic Development Funding Coming to Chautauqua County","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced the recipients of $700 million in economic and community development funding through Round 6 of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. 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