Volunteers Rally To Remove Paramount Theatre Seats Before Flood

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Paramount Theatre asked for help, and their call was answered.Hundreds of volunteers arrived Sunday morning to move 880 main-floor seats up to the second floor in preparation of the floodwaters from the Cedar River that are predicted to crest Tuesday morning.Theater officials — taking lessons learned from the 2008 flood — are not taking any chances.“Anything that was portable at all has been moved from the basement and the main floor,” said Jason Anderson, Paramount general manager.

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