At a pro wrestling venue in Michigan during the disastrous summer of '20 was this poignant "tough times don't last long" aphorism on a letterboard.

I love diagonal wooden siding!! The bedquilt-style paintjob will be perfect for this.

Concerts etc are also performed here but I know it mostly from pro wrestling events.

It was originally the Empire Theater. Five of the six letters of "Empire" were rearranged to spell "Prime." According to the Bay Area GIS Viewer it was built in 1947, but elsewhere online it said to have opened in 1948. It operated as a theater until 1979 and later was a nightclub. It became the Prime Event Center in 2008.

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In downtown Bay City, Michigan, on July 31st, 2020, the Prime Event Center at the northwest corner of Washington Avenue and 2nd Street.

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