Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

The entrance to Wellington's Embassy Theatre is to be restored to its former glory.  The project's being financed by former mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast and his husband – former Wellington City Council member – Rex Nicholls. They've loaned the Embassy Theatre Trust just over a million dollars to get the job done.  Nicholls told Kate Hawkesby the theatre's already magnificent on the inside. Nicholls expects there'll be a bit of pushback to the digital billboard, but says it's for the public benefit. “We’re lending the money to spend to build the entrance foyer the way it was in 1925, and then we’re putting a big digital ad up on top of the building and that will pay us a rent.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.