Centerville's redevelopment agency approved Legacy Crossing incentive after theater missed its ticket threshold
In May 2025, Centerville's redevelopment agency first tabled, then approved, a $206,605.72 tax-increment distribution to the Legacy Crossing developer for 2024 after staff reported the theater sold 421,623 tickets against a 500,000-ticket condition. A June 2026 agenda listed a fifth amendment to the agreement.
Continuing story: Auditing Centerville
Centerville's redevelopment agency voted 5–0 on May 20, 2025 to allow a $206,605.72 tax-increment distribution for 2024 to the developer of Legacy Crossing, two weeks after tabling the request, according to the agency's minutes. [1][2]
Staff had reported that the theater fell short of the 500,000 annual tickets its incentive requires. [1]
The May 6 meeting
At the agency's May 6, 2025 meeting, staff said tax-increment incentives under the Legacy Crossing agreement apply if the theater sells at least 500,000 tickets a year, and that it sold 421,623 in tax year 2024. Staff said Amendment No. 4, approved the year before, lets the board grant an exemption and approve full payment of $206,605.72. [1]
Board members raised concerns about repeated exemptions, reduced seating after luxury upgrades, late report submissions and the developer's absence from the meeting, according to the minutes. Director Gina Hirst moved to table the item until the developer could attend and answer questions; Director Spencer Summerhays seconded, and the motion passed 5–0. [1]
The May 20 decision
A Legacy Crossing Theatre representative attended the May 20, 2025 meeting. He said the theater's renovation ran from January to July, reducing seats from 2,919 to 1,829 while keeping 14 screens, and said revenues rose despite fewer seats. He said the renovation cost over $4 million and acknowledged falling short of the benchmark, according to the minutes. [2]
Directors discussed gross revenue and other performance measures. Some favored a temporary exception; others proposed stricter limits on the reimbursement criteria. [2]
Hirst moved to allow the $206,605.72 distribution for 2024 and directed staff to consider letting Legacy Crossing submit its numbers in April. Director Robyn Mecham seconded, and the motion passed 5–0. Chair Clark Wilkinson was absent. [2]
The board approved the May 20 minutes at its June 3, 2025 meeting. [3]
A fifth amendment
The agency's agenda for June 16, 2026 listed consideration of Amendment No. 5 to its Agreement for Development of Land with Legacy Crossing Theatre, LLC, addressing the developer's failure to meet the conditions precedent. [4]
The notice for that meeting carries an audio recording but no minutes. The Ledger did not find a record of the board's decision or the amendment's terms. [4]
The 2025 votes authorized the distribution; the records reviewed do not show the payment itself. The Ledger has not obtained the development agreement or its amendments; the ticket condition and Amendment No. 4 are described here as staff described them in the minutes. Legacy Crossing's movie theater is a different facility from the city's CenterPoint Theatre.
Sources
- Redevelopment Agency of Centerville · Minutes, May 6, 2025
- Redevelopment Agency of Centerville · Minutes, May 20, 2025
- Redevelopment Agency of Centerville · Minutes, June 3, 2025
- Redevelopment Agency of Centerville · June 16, 2026 meeting agenda
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.