La sala cultural mayor de Mendoza estrenará este año nuevo piso en su escenario y un complemento de mejoras como parte del cuidado a un edificio ícono patrimonial.

In this way, all artists will have the opportunity to debut the improvements made during January. It stands out there, the placement of a new high-traffic floor, a new internal signage system, exterior lights and promotional screen to the exterior.

“The Teatro Independencia is an iconic heritage building, the most important cultural room in Mendoza and, In addition to being a prominent point of tourist-cultural interest, It has great affective value for men and women from Mendoza”, explained the Minister of Culture and Tourism Nora Vicario, who added that "the different improvements that we have made here and that make up a project that will continue during the year, They are part of the conservation that we carry out of heritage assets and will allow artists and the public to enjoy, since this season, an even better experience in this emblematic space”.

Specifically, new plaques were placed on the stage of the theater, to renovate a high-traffic sector. The stage throughout the year receives different weights of scenery, as well as the acoustic instrumental weight of the Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra, who develops his essays and most of his presentations at the Independencia. The floor will provide more firmness and therefore security, to the different people who deliver their valuable art to the public.

Other improvements made, was the change of emergency lighting in all theater facilities, as well as new lights were placed on the stage for the development of different maintenance tasks.

These additions of lights, they will also be a help, so that the different artistic productions, They can more comfortably display their stage set-ups and take-downs. As well, we worked with the renovation of painting in different sectors of the theater, and work was done in the sewers of the quick access dressing rooms. To this was added the total renewal of internal signage, both in the rehearsal rooms and in the dressing rooms and the maintenance of the central elevator.

The broadcast of the shows, was also considered in the planning of improvements, For this reason, a led screen was placed, in the theater window, at the corner of Chile and Espejo street. An action that adds to the strategic promotion carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Mendoza, of the shows that are presented at the Independencia. Every passerby who now passes through this crowded area, will be informed of the schedule.