The New Jersey Symphony, a peripatetic orchestra, has been given a 30-year lease on a new Jersey City hall with 550 seats.
The venue is owned by the city and the gift comes at a vital time. The NJSO has sacked staff and cut concerts to stay solvent this season.
Not many visitors go to Jersey chiefly for the music.
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