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Is the Variety Playhouse sale a done deal?

Variety Playhouse owner Steve Harris. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Variety Playhouse owner Steve Harris. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Bo Emerson
Oct 31, 2015

BY BO EMERSON

The Variety Playhouse may be changing hands.

Stomp and Stammer, the monthly music periodical (and website) is tweeting that the deal went through.

Earlier this month, led by a tip from S&S, we chatted with owner Steve Harris, who said he was considering selling the Little Five Points landmark to Agon Sports and Entertainment, a holding company that also owns the Georgia Theatre in Athens and two minor league baseball teams.

The music publication says Agon will take ownership Nov. 1.

The Variety Playhouse was a defunct movie theater 25 years ago when Harris leased the building and turned it into one of the most popular music venues in the city.

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Bo Emerson is an Atlanta native and a long-time AJC feature and news writer.

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